Jul 18 Nuclear Leak from Japan Quake Bigger Than Estimated By PBS News Hour Officials from the world's largest nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, Japan, announced Wednesday the amount of nuclear waste leakage from Monday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake is 50 percent larger than earlier estimates. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Wildfires Rage Across Parts of Western U.S. Recent droughts and temperature spikes have sparked fires in California, Utah and other western states. An expert discusses the dangerous weather conditions. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Oregon Global Warming Skeptic Finds Controversy Oregon state climatologist George Taylor does not believe that global warming is due to human activity. Now, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants him to stop using the state climatologist title. NewsHour correspondent Lee Hochberg reports from Oregon and Washington on… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Expert Talks About Travel Industry's Challenges Recent changes in scheduling and delays from several major airlines have made getting out of town more difficult than normal. Airline journalist David Field talks about about what to expect from travel companies this summer. Continue watching
May 10 Racial Divide Persists in New Orleans' Katrina Recovery By Admin, PBS News Hour More than a year after Hurricane Katrina inundated the city, New Orleans residents remain economically and psychologically affected by the storm, according to a survey released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Kansas Governor Outlines Tornado Recovery Efforts Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said this week that the tornado recovery effort in her state has been limited by National Guard resources being diverted to the Iraq war. She discusses this issue and the White House's response. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Kansas Town Tries to Recover After Tornado The search continues for survivors of a tornado that nearly wiped out the town of Greensburg, Kan., with 205 mph winds and a 22-mile path of destruction Friday. The NewsHour reports on the aftermath and efforts to aid residents displaced… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Author Says Redirect Resources Against Climate Change Danish author and statistician Bjorn Lomborg discusses his proposal to redirect resources from a general fight against carbon emissions to specific efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change in vulnerable areas. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch New Orleans Health Care System Still Recovering Although New Orleans' new trauma center is considered an improvement over pre-Hurricane Katrina care, much of the city's health care system is still experiencing widespread problems. The NewsHour looks at the system as a whole in the second of a… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Controversy Continues over Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in August 2005, FEMA spent billions of dollars on trailers that served as temporary housing. As many of the trailers now sit vacant, the NewsHour reports on maintenance expenses and criticism of FEMA. Continue watching