Science Apr 22 These charts show how the environment has changed since the first Earth Day By Andrea Thompson, Scientific American
Science Jun 02 Watch 6:28 How one utility powers its entire plant from wastewater Between flushing the toilet, bathing, and washing dishes, the average person in the United States generates almost 100 gallons of wastewater each day. But one utility in the suburbs of Chicago is using the waste it extracts from that sewage… By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo
Arts May 20 Watch 5:42 This San Francisco art exhibit takes another look at trash In San Francisco, art enthusiasts recently gathered for an exhibition of unusual pieces, in which every material used came from the nearby city dump. The works represented the culmination of an artist residency at Recology, San Francisco’s waste and recycling… By Cat Wise
Science Jan 04 Cities could be teeming with more rats, thanks to the shutdown’s festering trash Rats could get access to an all-you-can-eat buffet of garbage during the government shutdown as uncollected trash piles up. By Jamie Leventhal
Nation Jun 16 Why are tons of fresh produce dumped in landfills every day? As part of a collaborative report with the PBS News Hour, NPR's Allison Aubrey looks at efforts to cut food waste. By Allison Aubrey, NPR
Sep 01 Watch Report Finds Fraud, Waste by War Contractors Costs Billions After a three-year investigation, a congressionally mandated commission found this week that between $31 billion and $60 billion has been misspent in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with one of the commissioners, Dov Zakheim. Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advises U.S. Nuclear Reactor Safety Upgrade The Nuclear Regulatory Commission presented a new set of industry safety recommendations for the U.S. on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill reports on the safety changes sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Japanese coast and triggered a nuclear crisis. Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Millions of Iraq Reconstruction Aid Wasted, Inspector Says Rising sectarian violence has hindered Iraq reconstruction efforts, and millions of dollars were wasted, investigators said Wednesday. Stuart Bowen, the special investigator general for Iraq reconstruction, discusses the findings of his audit. Continue watching