Jan 14 Watch 7:05 Obama administration announces goal to rein in methane leaks By PBS News Hour The Obama administration announced a plan to significantly cut methane emissions produced by gas and gas wells by the year 2025 through executive action. Judy Woodruff talks to Coral Davenport of The New York Times and Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton… Continue watching
Jan 14 White House aims to cut methane emissions from gas drilling By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The White House's plans to reduce methane emissions from new natural gas wells could cut potent greenhouse gas emissions roughly in half. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Why in ‘remote, cold corners’ of the world, melting ground is giving way By PBS News Hour When holes opened up in the earth recently in Siberia, a wave of speculation was set off as to their cause. Scientists are now pinpointing a dramatic increase in arctic thawing, which may have released methane once trapped below the… 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
Mar 28 White House looks to cut methane emissions in new plan By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The White House has announced a wide-ranging plan aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources. The plan announced Friday is part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Oil Containment Effort Improves; BP’s Hayward to Hand Over Some Duties BP said it was making progress drilling relief wells as cleanup of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico showed signs of improving. Jeffrey Brown recaps the latest developments in the Gulf oil disaster. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch West Virginia Families Clinging to ‘Sliver of Hope’ Crews continued to drill holes to vent explosive gasses out of a mine in West Virginia where four miners are still missing. Jim Lehrer gets an update from NPR reporter Frank Langfitt on the scene about the search efforts and… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Mining Safety Reexamined After Another Deadly Disaster in W.Va. Following the deadly mine explosion in southern West Virginia, Jim Lehrer talks to two reporters about the ongoing recovery efforts, the dangers of mining coal and the state of safety standards in the industry. Continue watching
Dec 21 Mauna Loa Birthplace of Global CO2 Monitoring By Larisa Epatko As nations move forward with managing carbon dioxide emissions, how will they track their progress? The answer comes in part from a global network of CO2 sampling sites that was born decades ago at Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Continue reading
Mar 14 NASA Spacecraft Discovers Possible Seas on Saturn’s Moon By PBS News Hour Visual and radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed what seem to be several seas -- probably filled with liquid methane and ethane -- on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. Continue reading