Mar 13 Erin Brockovich: The Real-Life Unhappy Ending By Miles O'Brien On tonight's NewsHour, Miles O'Brien reports on the decline of Hinkley, Calif., the town featured in the movie Erin Brockovich. Here's the not-so-Hollywood version of what really happened in Hinkley and beyond. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Erin Brockovich: The Real-Life Unhappy Ending Miles O'Brien looks at the continuing controversy over chromium 6 in Hinkley, California. Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Trouble in the Water: Acidifying Oceans Hinder Health of Northwest Shellfish The world's oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate and the resulting acidification is transforming marine ecosystems. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how ocean acidification is already affecting oysters and other shellfish in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch President Obama Nominates Candidates for Energy and Environmental Team President Obama Nominates Three Candidates for Energy and Environmental Team… Continue watching
Feb 27 Donnel Baird Uses Community Power to Generate Green Energy Projects EmbedVideo(5818, 482, 304); The rugged setting of Donnel Baird's youth helped shape his social entrepreneur goals later in life. Baird grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his parents and sister in the 1980s. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate… Continue watching
Feb 13 EPA contaminated by conflict of interest By Travis Daub In September 2010, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency came to a startling conclusion: Even a small amount of a chemical compound commonly found in tap water may cause cancer. More than 70 million Americans drink traces of chromium every… Continue reading
Feb 13 Ouster of Scientist from EPA Panel Shows Industry Clout Deborah Rice served as chair of an EPA panel assessing the safety levels of flame retardants in 2007, but her removal from that panel led some to believe that a powerful industry lobbying group had influenced the EPA and unfairly… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Economic Problems Wash Ashore as Lake Michigan’s Water Level Hits Record Low Economic Problems Wash Ashore as Lake Michigan's Water Level Hits Record Low… Continue watching