Aug 20 Watch President Bush's Speech on Gulf Coast Recovery Following is a transcript of President Bush's speech, as prepared for delivery, in New Orleans Wednesday on Gulf Coast recovery efforts three years after Hurricane Katrina and an audio link of the address. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Three Years After Katrina, No Easy Road to Recovery for New Orleans As the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina draws near, President Bush visited New Orleans Wednesday, saying in a speech that he sees "signs of progress" in the still-recovering city. Times-Picayune editor Jim Amoss reflects on the upcoming anniversary. Continue watching
Aug 05 President Bush Begins Weeklong Tour of Asia By PBS News Hour President Bush arrived Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, at the start of a weeklong tour that also will take him to Thailand and then China for the Olympics' opening ceremony. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Oregon Mulls Shoring Up Schools Against Earthquakes Moved by the collapse of schools and deaths caused after a recent earthquake in China, leaders in Oregon debate the need to fortify their own schools against possible earthquake damage. Lee Hochberg reports on the debate. Continue watching
Jul 17 Gore Aims High on Renewable Energy Goal for U.S. By Admin, PBS News Hour Former Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore outlined a bold climate goal for the nation Thursday, challenging the U.S. to create every kilowatt of electricity through renewable energy sources within 10 years. Continue reading
Jul 15 Myanmar's Rice Crop Takes a Hit After Cyclone By PBS News Hour The prospect of a meager rice crop threatens to add to Myanmar's travails from May's cyclone that left tens of thousands dead. Much of the country's rice fields are in the now-swamped Irrawaddy delta. Continue reading
Jul 10 Katrina Trailer Makers Defend Record in Congressional Testimony By PBS News Hour The companies that manufactured trailers for displaced New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina knew that the trailers contained unsafe levels of toxic formaldehyde, but failed to inform the public, congressional Democrats charged Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 08 G-8 OKs Plan to Halve Global Emissions by 2050 By PBS News Hour Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations agreed Tuesday on a target of cutting climate-changing gas emissions in half by 2050 -- an agreement lauded by the participants but rebuked by some environmentalists. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Midwest's Levees, Land Use Questioned Amid Floods More than two dozen levees along the Mississippi and its tributaries have broken under heavy flooding, leaving many communities questioning the region's levee system and land usage. Elizabeth Brackett reports from Illinois on the struggle to keep levees standing. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Iowa Floods Wreak Havoc on Farming Communities After heavy rains triggered massive flooding in Iowa, some farms were completely submerged, causing heavy crop and livestock losses. Elizabeth Brackett reports on how one Iowa farmer is coping with the damage. Continue watching