JEFFREY BROWN:And now a resignation brings an assessment of President Obama's environmental policies in his first term and a look ahead to his second. LISA JACKSON,Environmental Protection Agency: I'm very proud to be a part of his administration. JE
JUDY WOODRUFF:And that was, after the vote on the fiscal cliff, there was another, a different spending spat that divided the Republican Party. House Republican leaders refused to take up an aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy, which the presi
GWEN IFILL:The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new rules today to curb mercury emissions from the nation's power plants. The standards apply to roughly 600 coal- or oil-fueled power facilities. They will have to either reduce their emissions
JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight, what's behind the long struggle to reach a new international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases? Margaret Warner has our update. MARGARET WARNER:It's been nearly 15 years since leaders from 37 industrialized countri
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to our ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tonight, special correspondent Rick Karr looks at environmental concerns in New York City. Many residents in Brooklyn want to know more about the risks of chemica
GWEN IFILL:President Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term today, even as he continued to fill seats left open at that table. Sylvia Burwell, the president of the Wal-Mart Foundation, was nominated to head the Office of Manageme
JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: how an oil spill near Little Rock, Ark., is casting a shadow over the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline. MAN:So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood. JUDY WOODRUFF:A local resident describe
JUDY WOODRUFF:And we turn to the EPA's new regulations requiring cleaner gasoline. The Obama administration announced the proposed changes today. They would require two-thirds less sulfur in gasoline and a reduction in other emissions beginning in 20
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to part two of our investigative look at the safety of America's drinking water. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the toxic chemical made famous in the movie Erin Brockovich, its potentially harmful effect on human
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: Japan two years after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck its northeastern coast. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:The 2011 quake was one of the strongest in recorded history. It set off a tsunami that kil
JEFFREY BROWN:And, finally tonight, we turn to Poland, where there's a familiar controversy surrounding new energy exploration. Our story is part of a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and comes from special correspondent St
JEFFREY BROWN:For those stations not taking a pledge break, we go beneath Washingtons Puget Sound to look at stormwater runoff. Our story comes from our colleagues at KCTS9 in Seattle. Katie Campbell reports for Earth Fix, a public media project focu
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to our interview with former Vice President Al Gore. Since he conceded the 2000 presidential election, Mr. Gore's of course become best known for his advocacy on climate change issues, work that led to both a Nobel Prize and an
JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: new estimates on the cost of climate change and the attention it's drawing about the potential economic effect in the U.S. For years, reports on climate change have largely been the province of scientists. But a new gr
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the changing requirements for ethanol in gasoline and bigger questions over its wider use in recent years. Today, the Obama administration proposed cutting the amount of ethanol that would be blended into gasolinenext year. The E
JUDY WOODRUFF: As pressure builds from critics of a nuclear deal with Iran, negotiators are back in Genevafor another round of talks.Our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Margaret Warner, is also there. I spoketo her a short time ago. Margaret, he
MEGAN THOMPSON: The Hawaiian island of Kauai is known as the garden isle, luring hundreds of thousands of tourists to its lush northern shores. But fewer make it down to the drier southwest side, home to many native Hawaiians, whove lived here for ge
HARI SREENIVASAN: We're joined now by the mayor of Charleston, W.Va., Danny Jones. Thanks for joining us. What is the latest that you're hearing now about the efforts to contain this spill? DANNY JONES,Mayor of Charleston, W.Va.: Well, we know basica
JUDY WOODRUFF:Now the challenges of combating climate change. This week, the European Union announced it was loosening its strict environmental regulations in the face of economic setbacks. In the U.S., renewable sources of energy like wind and solar
GWEN IFILL: From the night he was reelected, President Obama has made clear that cutting greenhouse gas emissions was a centerpiece of his second-term agenda. Today, his administration unveiled its biggest effort yet to tackle the issue of climate ch
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