JEFFREY BROWN:And next, we continue our series on the big changes in energy production in the U.S. In previous stories, Ray Suarez has looked at the impact of oil production on some boomtowns and how a demand for natural gas is changing the business

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JEFFREY BROWN: And next, Ray Suarez continues his series about the changing energy picture in this country. Tonight, he visits Colorado, where natural gas is taking center stage, prompting questions about the future of both coal and alternative energ

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JEFFREY BROWN: There's another big meeting taking place in Washington this week. Native populations from around the U.S. convened at a conference on the impacts of climate change. Hari Sreenivasan has that story. HARI SREENIVASAN: Our series on Copin

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The government confirmed today that corn, soybeans, and other crops are among the hardest-hit casualties of the worst drought the country has faced in decades. The U.S. Agriculture Department today predicted the lowest average corn yie

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RAY SUAREZ: Finally tonight, new research and warnings about the risk of worsening flooding connected with climate change. A report released today by the research organization Climate Central finds the rise in sea level along many coastal communities

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GWEN IFILL: Now, the city of Joplin, Mo., rebuilds and remembers one year after it was leveled by a deadly twister. This was Joplin one year ago, after a tornado packing 200-an-hour winds tore through town. It killed 161 people, injured hundreds more

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: Yesterday was Earth Day, with celebrations around the globe. Hari Sreenivasan talked recently to a geologist who is also the host of a new film. And he's traveled the globe looking for ways human ingenuity has solved t

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JEFFREY BROWN: Finally tonight, new findings and charges in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia. It was the deadliest in the U.S. in four decades29 men were killed on April 5, 2010, after an explosion at the mine

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JEFFREY BROWN: Now, a big move forward for nuclear power in the U.S. This construction site in eastern Georgia will house the nation's first new commercial nuclear reactors in decades. They're to be built at the Plant Vogtle facility, where two exist

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JEFFREY BROWN:And we turn to the ups and downs of an energy boom, wrapping up our series that's looked at how new production is fueling rapid changes across the country. In our series this week, we have seen how homegrown energy output is forging ahe

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KWAME HOLMAN:Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today at a campaign stop in New Mexico. It sets a national goal to achieve energy independence by 2020. One of the major components is to open more areas offshore to

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AUDIE CORNISH: Now to our NewsHour Shares, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too. For more than 60 years, British researchers have monitored changes in the world's atmosphere from a remote lab in Antarctica. Now, for the

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MORI ROTHMAN: Sujin Woo and her mother, Lee Bo-ok live in an apartment in South Korea's capital of Seoul. On this Saturday morning, Lee is making Korean fried sweet potatoes for lunch. Some parts of the food, like the sweet potato peels, won't make t

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The Great Barrier Reef along the coast of Australia is considered one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. It actually consists of more than 2,900 smaller reefs and 900 islands and countless species of fish. But its health and

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JUDY WOODRUFF: From the president today, the first salvo against his predecessor's climate agenda. Instead, he's launched an aggressive campaign he says will help the coal, oil and gas industries. John Yang begins our coverage. JOHN YANG: With coal m

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HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: For a closer look at the environmental policies of the Trump administration what it's done and what it plans to do I'm joined from Washington by New York Times reporter Coral Davenport. Coral, there's be

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Scientists are predicting a 110-mile sheet of ice -- a chunk the size of the state of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. The cause is warming ocean waters, and the ice melt has implications for sea level rise well beyo

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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has launched the formal process to review and challenge mainstream climate science. The critique will reportedly be modeled on how the U.S. military identifies battlefield vulnerabilities

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According to a study published this week pollution of all kinds can be blamed for nine million premature deaths around the world every year. The study by the environmental nonprofit pure earth and published in The Lancet blamed air pollution for six

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And now to our NewsHour Shares. Seawalls help to protect developed shorelines, but they can also destroy crucial habitat. One project in Washington state aims to fix that. Ken Christensen of KCTS' EarthFix explains. The Seattle waterfront is changing

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