Sep 20 Should drivers pay a mileage tax for every mile driven? Some Oregonians say yes. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } During anchor hours with… Continue reading
Sep 20 How to Live Micro: Home Life in Under 350 Square Feet By Kristin Miller While more and more people are living alone, the costs of rent and real estate are soaring. So cities like New York and Vancouver are trying to get the most out of some of the apartment space they do have,… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Should Drivers be Charged for Every Mile Driven? More fuel efficient cars means less gas is pumped, which means less gas tax is collected and even less cash on hand for states to repair roads and bridges. As a solution, Oregon is moving forward on a new idea… Continue watching
Sep 20 Join Hari Sreenivasan for #AnchorHours Join us at 1 p.m. ET on the NewsHour facebook page for this week's Anchor Hours with NewsHour Weekend host, Hari Sreenivasan. Continue reading
Sep 17 Controversy Over Shell’s Oil Exploration in Arctic Continues Salvage teams assess damage to Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk drill barge in January after the rig ran aground near Kodiak Island in Alaska. Photo by AFP/Greenpeace/Robert Meyers Rapidly thawing sea ice in the Arctic Circle has threatened polar wildlife… Continue reading
Sep 15 FDR’s Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading
Sep 14 Hawaii spill reminder of 1919 “Boston Molasses Disaster” (Source: Boston Public Library) The news is full of images of the 230,000 gallons-molasses spill endangering marine life in Hawaii. But this isn't the first time a flood of the sticky substance has caused havoc in the… Continue reading
Sep 11 The largest volcano on earth discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean Covering an area the size of New Mexico, the underwater brobdingnagian Tamu Massif is by far the largest single volcano on earth -- and rivals some of the giant volcanoes in our solar system. Roughly 1,000 miles off… Continue reading
Sep 09 Cave so large it swallows clouds now open to tourists Photo courtesy of Oxalis Vietnam's Son Doong cave was only recently explored and now a tour operator is accepting reservations. Tours start at $3,000 per person and only 220 permits are allocated per year. But, for… Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch What if the Fukushima Ice Wall Defrosts? Looking at Risks of Japan’s Experiment What if the Fukushima Ice Wall Defrosts? Looking at Risks of Japan's Experiment… Continue watching