Aug 31 Watch Marijuana Farming Is Lucrative Business in California, but Who’s Profiting? Last year, local and federal authorities seized some 7 million illegally grown marijuana plants in California. The Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED investigate who and what are behind the spike in the state's lucrative marijuana-farming business. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Heat Wave, Drought Create ‘Grim’ Crop Yields for Farmers in Plains, South New research by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows 12 percent of U.S. land is in the midst of an exceptional drought, which is the largest contiguous area to suffer such difficult conditions in 12 years. Ray Suarez discusses how… Continue watching
Feb 06 Toyota Forecasts $5 Billion Fiscal Year Loss By PBS News Hour The world's largest automaker, Toyota Motor Company, said Friday it expects to post an annual net loss three times larger than expected and began a series of assembly line shut-downs in an effort to save jobs. Continue reading
Jun 27 In Warming World, Plants Seek Higher Ground By Admin, PBS News Hour Rising temperatures are forcing plant species to migrate up mountains in search of a cooler climate, according to a new study of Alpine plants published Thursday in the journal Science. Continue reading
Apr 11 Scientists Create Plan to Save Madagascar Species By PBS News Hour The island nation of Madagascar is one of the world's poorest countries, but it is rich in one resource -- biodiversity. Perched in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar broke from the continent more than 80… Continue reading