Nation Jul 02 Firefighters make progress against California forest fires Three big wildfires have burned about 60 square miles of land in the Mount Shasta region as of early Friday. Damage is reported at the Salt Fire, which prompted evacuations in the unincorporated community of Lakehead north of the city… By Terry Chea, John Antczak, Associated Press
Science Jun 30 What’s causing the drought in the West — and why it’s so bad The Western United States is at a tipping point in the water crisis as a two-decades long drought culminates with historically low water supply. By Chloe Jones
Nation Dec 11 Groups blast Trump logging plan aimed at reducing wildfires WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project and seven other groups say the rules approved Thursday fast-track projects to benefit logging, grazing and mining while eliminating public comments. By Keith Ridler, Associated Press
Nation May 21 Federal investigation reveals little oversight of U.S. chemical plants WASHINGTON — The government has no way of fully knowing which U.S. chemical facilities stock ammonium nitrate, the substance that exploded last year at a Texas fertilizer plant and killed 14 people, congressional investigators say. Outdated federal policies, poor information… By Hope Yen, Associated Press
Apr 18 Watch Helping a Small Town Recover After a Texas Plant Explosion Helping a Small Town Recover After a Texas Plant Explosion… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch What Have Sanctions Done to Iran’s Economy, People? European Union nations reportedly agreed in principle Wednesday to ban imports of Iranian oil. Margaret Warner discusses mounting tensions between Iran and the West with Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Karim Sadjadpour of the… Continue watching
Jul 26 The ‘Bond Vigilantes’ and the Debt Ceiling Crisis: No Need to Panic or Lying in Wait? Harvard's eminent trade economist, Robert Lawrence, gave a talk in Greece this month. Among his slides was this image with the headline: "The Vigilantes are Asleep!" Slide image courtesy of Robert Lawrence. That would be the so-called "bond… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Author Examines Generations-Long Black ‘Defection from the Jim Crow South’ In her new book "The Warmth of Other Suns," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and professor Isabel Wilkerson digs into the "The Great Migration" that took place from 1915 to 1970, when 6 million African-Americans left the South to go north and… Continue watching