Apr 12 Watch China Weighs Environmental Concerns Against Economic Growth Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Guangdong province in southern China on the clash between the populous nation's economic ambitions and worsening pollution problem. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Tokyo Stock Market Rebounds Amid Japan’s Recovery Efforts In other news Wednesday, the Tokyo stock market rebounded, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new national limits on mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Continue watching
Apr 21 ‘Plastiki’ Sets Sail to Raise Awareness of Ocean Pollution On March 20 the Plastiki, a 60-foot-long catamaran made entirely of recycled plastic, set sail from San Francisco bound for Sydney, Australia. The vessel is the brainchild of environmentalist and British banking heir David de Rothschild. The Rundown spoke… Continue reading
Sep 22 Obama Addresses Climate Change in U.N. Speech The United States is a serious and determined partner in combating global warming, President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday as he sought to show U.S. resolve ahead of crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen in December. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 3.6 Trillion and Counting: New Billboard Clocks Emissions Eight stories above midtown Manhattan, a new billboard has begun counting how much, and how fast, greenhouse gases are entering the atmosphere. Climate Central reports. Continue watching
May 22 Watch Salmon Streams’ Struggle Continues 40 Years After Clean Water Act Special correspondent Hendrick Smith reports on pollution in the Pacific Northwest's salmon streams four decades after the passage of the Clean Water Act. Smith's report grew out of research from his recent Frontline project, "Poisoned Waters."… Continue watching
Jan 02 Slowing Great Barrier Reef Coral Growth Worries Scientists By Admin, PBS News Hour Coral in Australia's Great Barrier Reef are growing at their slowest rate in at least 400 years, according to a new study. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Polluted Rain Run-off Poses Threat to Water Systems In a landmark decision, a Washington state pollution board has ruled that flow of polluted storm water into local water systems must be reduced. Lee Hochberg reports on the ruling and controversy over the impact of new home developments on… Continue watching
Jul 25 Thousands Stampede for Last of Olympics Tickets By PBS News Hour Scuffles broke out Friday as nearly 50,000 people who had waited up to two days for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games swarmed sales windows in Beijing. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Three Years On, New Orleans Still Struggles With Hurricane Debris Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city is still coping with the toxic debris the storm left behind. Betty Ann Bowser reports from New Orleans on the ongoing controversy over the city's landfills. Continue watching