WATCH: In GOP response, Arkansas Gov. Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’ By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press
May 28 European Union proposes ban on plastic straws, stirs and cotton buds By Raf Casert, Associated Press The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the 10 most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion over the next dozen years. Continue reading
Apr 09 Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor By Fedor Kossakovski Invented by a Baltimore local, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of garbage since May 2014. Continue reading
Mar 22 Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought By Nsikan Akpan The Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs 87,000 tons -- 16 times more than previous estimates -- and contains more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, according to a new analysis. Continue reading
Feb 18 From drugged oysters to birds full of plastic, oceans are feeling the burden of pollution By Danielle Venton, KQED Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds. Continue reading
Dec 13 Babies born closer to fracking sites are more likely to be underweight By Nsikan Akpan Low birth weight, defined as being born under 5.5 pounds, has previously been linked with an increased risk of childhood mortality and poorer educational outcomes. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 24:54 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 21, 2017 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 21, one of the U.S. soldiers killed in Niger is laid to rest, and Spain moves to dissolve the secessionist government in Catalonia. Also, a look at the number of global deaths caused by… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 4:04 Pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide By PBS NewsHour In 2015, pollution killed three times the number of people as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, and 15 times the number of people killed by war and violence. The study, by the environmental nonprofit Pure Earth and published in The… Continue watching
Oct 20 One out of six deaths worldwide were pollution-related in 2015 By Laura Santhanam That’s three times more deaths than all fatal cases of AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a new report says. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: Hurricane Harvey caused potentially dangerous chemical spill, says EPA By PBS NewsHour In our News Wrap Friday, the EPA warned that Hurricane Harvey caused a potentially dangerous chemical spill from a Houston-area Superfund site. The EPA detected high levels of dioxins in the San Jacinto River, which are linked to cancer and… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 10:27 Destruction in chemical hub Houston raise post-hurricane health concerns By PBS NewsHour Continue watching