Jul 07 Renewable sources of electricity outpace nuclear plants By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For the first time in decades, the United States got more electricity from renewable sources than nuclear power in March and April. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 9:27 Demand for clean energy inspires new generation to innovate nuclear power By PBS News Hour The next generation of nuclear power is coming, as concerns about climate change bring the industry out of hibernation. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how new startups and young scientists are hoping to develop solutions for safely generating vast… Continue watching
Feb 06 Japan to probe melted Fukushima reactor with ‘snake’ robot By Jasmine Wright Tokyo Electric Power Co. is finally ready to examine the inside of one of the three compromised reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant -- with the help of a remote-controlled robot that uncannily resembles a snake. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Can U.S. solve ‘Rubik’s Cube’ of Iran nuclear negotiations? By PBS News Hour With less than six weeks before the deadline to agree on an Iran nuclear deal, negotiations have come to a kind of stalemate over sharp limits on Iran's uranium enrichment capability. Gwen Ifill gets an update on the hurdles ahead,… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Return to Fukushima with Miles O’Brien By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Japan considers energy future after Fukushima By PBS News Hour A disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, has greatly affected how Japanese citizens feel about that energy source. Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan. But walking away… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Inside the slow and dangerous clean up of the Fukushima nuclear crisis By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 50 years on, JFK presidency remembered for renewing American hope John F. Kennedy's presidency grappled with contentious national issues. Yet when his time in office was cut short, grief for his death crossed all ideological lines. Gwen Ifill talks to authors Ellen Fitzpatrick, William P. Jones, Bill Minutaglio and Robert… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch News Wrap: Japan reduces goal for fighting climate change In our news wrap Friday, Japan's ruling Cabinet voted to reduce their climate change goals in the wake of the Fukushima disaster as the nation won't be able to rely on nuclear power to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Also, armed… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch Japanese Town Hit Hard by Natural and Nuclear Disaster Imagines Renewable Future Renewable Energy Could be the Answer for Hard-Hit Japanese Town… Continue watching