Episodios

  • Can a tax on livestock emissions help curb climate change? Denmark aims to find out

    Can a tax on livestock emissions help curb climate change? Denmark aims to find out
    Jul 7 2024
    Among greenhouse gases, methane is more harmful than carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat. According to the United Nations, about 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions comes from livestock. Ali Rogin speaks with Ben Lilliston at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy to learn more about Denmark's new and controversial approach to reducing these emissions. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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  • As climate change threatens island nations, some turn to digitizing their history

    As climate change threatens island nations, some turn to digitizing their history
    Jul 7 2024
    As hurricanes grow stronger and more common due to climate change, they raise new threats for island nations -- not just to infrastructure, but also to artifacts and documents that help define cultures. Now, two island nations in the Atlantic and the Pacific are taking steps to preserve their threatened histories for future generations. Ali Rogin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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  • Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman on the joys and challenges of life in space

    Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman on the joys and challenges of life in space
    Jul 6 2024
    Fewer than 300 human beings have visited the International Space Station, and an even smaller number have spent more than 150 days living there. John Yang speaks with Cady Coleman, one of those select few astronauts, about her new book, 'Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change.' PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    8 m
  • AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns

    AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns
    Jul 4 2024
    Google announced this week it is well behind on a pledge to all but eliminate its net carbon emissions by 2030. The company's greenhouse gas outflow has increased in recent years mainly due to artificial intelligence and the energy required to power it. The AI arms race has experts worried about its climate consequences for energy and water. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    8 m
  • Scottish oil town hopes to be Europe's green energy capital with transition to renewables

    Scottish oil town hopes to be Europe's green energy capital with transition to renewables
    Jul 2 2024
    A major issue in Britain's general election is the cost of living crisis, caused by spiking inflation following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That has put pressure on the country's pledge, written into law, to become carbon neutral by 2050. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Aberdeen, Scotland, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    9 m
  • Meet the ninth grader who's helping restore Mississippi's oyster reefs

    Meet the ninth grader who's helping restore Mississippi's oyster reefs
    Jun 23 2024
    In the past two decades, the oyster population in Mississippi's Gulf waters has been devastated by both natural and manmade disasters. Among those working to restore oyster habitats is ninth grader Demi Johnson, who was recently recognized by the National Geographic Society for growing more than 1,000 oysters, which are likely to spawn millions more. John Yang speaks with Johnson about her work. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    4 m
  • The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet

    The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet
    Jun 22 2024
    The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It's adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost, especially for the communities that host them. Science journalist Sachi Kitajima Mulkey joins Ali Rogin to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    6 m
  • News Wrap: Netanyahu clashes with Biden over conditions for permanent cease-fire in Gaza

    News Wrap: Netanyahu clashes with Biden over conditions for permanent cease-fire in Gaza
    Jun 1 2024
    In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called Biden's proposal to end the war in Gaza a "nonstarter" until Israel's conditions are met, a barrage of Russian missiles and drones targeted Ukraine's power grid, South Africa's ANC party lost its majority in parliament for the first time in 30 years, and another attempt to launch Boeing's first astronaut flight was called off. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    3 m