May 10 Senate blocks move to repeal Obama-era rule on methane emissions By Matthew Daly, Associated Press A Congressional Review Act measure to repeal the methane waste reduction rule failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber. Continue reading
May 09 Take a 360 degree stroll through a ‘Trash Mountain’ By Mike Fritz The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, India stretches across some 70 acres of land. The area has been dubbed “Trash Mountain” because it holds 10 million tons of garbage now piled higher than the city’s skyline. Workers can earn about… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 7:02 Tackling India’s towering landfills takes cultural innovation By PBS News Hour In Delhi, India, the capital of the world's fastest growing economy, there's a towering symbol of the environmental cost of development: tons of festering, toxic trash, piled up 10 stories high, with more and more added every day. Efforts have… Continue watching
Feb 27 Column: How Mardi Gras beads get to the French Quarter By David Redmon for The Conversation A U.K. criminologist tells the dark story behind the production and use of Mardi Gras beads. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 8:32 Fighting to breathe in the world’s most polluted city By PBS News Hour Delhi now outranks Beijing as the world's most polluted city. Carbon dioxide, ozone and fine carbon particles get trapped over India's capital, mostly due to dirty fuels, causing long-term health consequences such as lung and heart disease. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 4:15 News Wrap: House passes government funding bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the House approved a bill to fund the government through April. It includes disaster relief for Louisiana and aid for the contaminated water system in Flint, Michigan. Despite its passage, members of both parties complained… Continue watching
Nov 30 Column: Our planet will suffer if Trump shutters NASA Earth science By David Biello The end of ice on Earth is merely one thing we won’t be able to monitor if NASA stops using satellites to look at our home, author David Biello writes… Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch Why cleaning up abandoned coal mines is so important — and difficult By PBS News Hour With coal production at its lowest level in 30 years, abandoned mines around the country are causing major environmental problems. They can catch fire, and debris from them can contaminate the water supply. But mine cleanup is an effort difficult… Continue watching
Nov 05 Photos: Delhi’s air pollution closes hundreds of schools, renews alarms By Kamala Kelkar Delhi closed more than 1,700 schools on Friday and Saturday because air pollution there is too dangerous for children’s lungs. Continue reading
Nov 04 Column: Koch brothers are the latest strange bedfellows in Washington state carbon tax fight By Yoram Bauman The twists and turns just keep coming in the pioneering revenue-neutral carbon tax measure, Initiative 732, which will be on Tuesday’s ballot in Washington state, writes Yoram Bauman. Continue reading