Bloomberg
Buttigieg Says He Should Have Spoke Sooner on Derailment
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he should not have waited so long to talk publicly about the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. He spoke on Feb. 23 after touring the site.
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Report: U.S. Air Pollution Is Getting Worse
After analyzing data from the EPA, researchers found that fine particulate matter in the air had increased by 5.5% between 2016 and 2018.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: One Year After a Toxic River Spill, No Clear Plan
One year ago - on Aug. 5, 2015 - an EPA crew at the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of orange water filled with mercury and arsenic.The toxic spill flowed into the Animas River, eventually...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Obama Environmental Appointments
A conversation about the expected appointments by then President-elect Obama for important environmental positions, including the Secretary of State and the director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Aired Dec. 12, 2008 [12:27 min]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: Love Canal and the Environmental Protection Agency
This 11-minute video provides students with a compact and engaging introduction to the history and environmental science surrounding the toxic pollution underneath the community of Love Canal near Niagara Falls, New York. The video shows...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Spotlight on America: Radioactive Toxic Transport
From plutonium to uranium, bomb-making materials are on the move, traveling across our country on 18-wheelers and rails every day. According to the EPA, about 3 million shipments that contain radioactive materials are transported in the...
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National Environmental Education Foundation: Understanding Climate Change
Several videos discuss the evolving understanding and consensus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Over time, the panel increased their calculations regarding the probability that climate change was occurring, until it...