Jun 01 Watch Sunday, June 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, reaction to the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban captivity. Later, why Indian tech entrepreneurs are heading home and Americans are joining them. And, animals and plants on the brink of a great… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch New report suggests Earth on the brink of a great extinction By PBS News Hour According to new research published in the journal Science this week, plant and animal extinctions are happening at a rate one thousand times greater than before humans walked the Earth. Stuart Pimm of Duke University joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss… Continue watching
May 26 China plans to take 5 million polluting cars off the road By Ariel Min There are currently more than 5.33 million “yellow label” vehicles in the country that fail to meet China’s national fuel standards. The government plans to remove at least 330,000 cars from Beijing alone. Car emissions are responsible for 31 percent… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Does decades-long fuel leak threaten drinking water safety in Albuquerque? By PBS News Hour At Kirtland Air Force Base on the outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a hole in a pipeline allowed fuel containing toxic chemicals to ooze into the soil, undetected for more than four decades. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the… Continue watching
May 12 U.S. skipped environmental inspections on high-risk oil wells By Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release,… Continue reading
May 08 Rise in burl poaching threatens Redwood forest By Ruth Tam Burls are knobby tree growths that, when cut open, display delicate swirls resembling cream that’s just been poured into a mug of coffee… Continue reading
Apr 21 Will you survive Extinction Week? By Travis Daub This week, to mark the 44th observance of Earth day, we invite you to join us in our pursuit to better understand extinction. Continue reading
Apr 21 Study questions environmental benefits of biofuels By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Are new regulations tough enough to prevent another West Virginia chemical spill? By PBS News Hour Three months ago, a storage tank leaked up to 10,000 gallons of the chemical MCHM in Charleston, W.Va., where more than 300,000 people were exposed to one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. To examine… Continue watching
Apr 10 Taking the burp out of the bovine By Willis Raburu What does the “cow of the future” look like? Or rather smell like? If all goes according to a new plan set out by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, cows will be a lot more couth and emit a… Continue reading