Mar 14 Will Your City Be Underwater? There’s a Map for That By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Click on the map above for an interactive version. Will your city or county be flooded by 2020? By 2050? Now there's a map for that. As many as 3.7 million U.S. residents in 2,150 coastal… Continue reading
Mar 14 George Clooney on Sudan: ‘It Gets in Your Bloodstream’ By Larisa Epatko With violence putting people in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan in peril, actor and human rights activist George Clooney said Wednesday in an interview with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff that it was only right to bring attention to the… Continue reading
Mar 14 Tell Us Your Climate Change Stories By Saskia de Melker A lone daffodil flower stood out amid the other withered daffodils in London's St James's Park in April 2011. Daffodils bloomed unusually early in London last year due to the coldest December in 100 years followed by a warm and… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch News Wrap: Va. Tech Found Negligent in Killings; Iranian President Grilled In other news Wednesday, a jury found Virginia Tech negligent in the campus massacre five years ago, and said school officials failed to issue swift alerts that might have saved lives. Also, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced an unprecedented grilling… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch What Do We Know About Kandahar Killings Suspect? Judy Woodruff and The Washington Post's Craig Whitlock discuss what's known about the U.S. soldier who allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday. Continue watching
Mar 13 Obama: U.S. Firms ‘Need Access’ to China’s Coveted Rare Earth Minerals By Larisa Epatko Most of the prized minerals needed to make high-tech products such as hybrid car batteries and cell phones come from China. But limits China is placing on those materials are making it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete, said President… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch News Wrap: Republicans Vote in Miss., Ala., Hawaii; Complaint Filed on China In other news Tuesday, Republican hopeful Rick Santorum hoped to win primaries in both Alabama and Mississippi to help close some of the delegate advantage held by Mitt Romney. Also, the U.S., Japan and the EU filed a complaint with… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Inside the Free Syrian Army One year into his brutal crackdown, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faces an armed insurgency by rebel fighters of the Free Syrian Army, including some defectors from his own regime. In a rare glimpse inside the opposition, GlobalPost reporters Hugh Macleod… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Afghan Civilian Killings Give Taliban ‘Valuable Propaganda,’ Analyst Says Afghan Civilian Killings Give Taliban 'Valuable Propaganda,' Analyst Says… Continue watching
Mar 12 In Japan, Nuclear Cleanup May Be Mission: Impossible By News Desk // In the second installment of a three-part series on Japan's recovery, Miles O'Brien reports on Japanese residents who are struggling to clean up contaminated farms, roads and school yards after the massive earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster struck… Continue reading