Oct 10 Watch 3:35 Hurricane Delta: Another blow to storm-battered Gulf Coast By PBS NewsHour Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power after Hurricane Delta slammed the Gulf Coast just six weeks after the region was devastated by Hurricane Laura. The hurricane, which weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall on… Continue watching
Oct 04 Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (6,250 square miles) this year — more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in the state. Continue reading
Sep 27 New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes By John Flesher, Associated Press Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the coastal city of Wilmington. It would provide a source of steam to generate electricity and a place to… Continue reading
Sep 15 World isn’t meeting biodiversity goals, U.N. report finds By Christina Larson, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new U.N. biodiversity report card highlights the decline over the past 10 years in fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs and tropical forests. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 8:46 How ‘upcycling’ discarded ingredients into food is gaining momentum By Allison Aubrey, NPR “Upcycling,” a new technique of making food using discarded ingredients, is gaining momentum with entrepreneurs looking to create new food categories. Special Correspondent Allison Aubrey and Producer Mary Beth Durkin report on this growing food movement as part of NewsHours… Continue watching
Sep 12 Thousands march in Mauritius to protest disastrous oil spill By Cara Anna, Associated Press Thousands of people protested in Mauritius again Saturday over the government’s handling of an offshore oil spill that has become the Indian Ocean island nation’s worst environmental disaster in years. Continue reading
Sep 12 Better weather aids battle against deadly Western wildfires By Andrew Selsky, Sara Cline, Associated Press Diminishing winds and rising humidity helped firefighters battling deadly blazes in Oregon and California, but with dozens of people still missing, authorities in both states feared that the receding flames could reveal many more dead across the blackened landscape. Continue reading
Sep 08 California fires bring more chopper rescues, power shutoffs By Associated Press Helicopters rescued more people from wildfires Tuesday as flames chewed through bone-dry California after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 8:25 How Denver is tackling food waste to fight hunger, climate change By Allison Aubrey, NPR With more people staying at home, food waste has grown across the country. Even before the pandemic nearly $281 billion worth of food was thrown away. Special Correspondent Allison Aubrey reports on the aggressive effort by Denver, Colorado, to tackle… Continue watching
Jul 10 France ordered to fight pollution or pay millions in fines By Associated Press The Council of State's unusual ruling Friday came after the government failed to fulfill a 2017 order to reduce pollution in accordance with EU rules. The national government and local governments have announced multiple anti-pollution measures in recent years. But… Continue reading