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Bloomberg

Buttigieg Says He Should Have Spoke Sooner on Derailment

Higher Ed
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. Follow Bloomberg...
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Curated Video

Report: U.S. Air Pollution Is Getting Worse

Higher Ed
​After analyzing data from the EPA, researchers found that fine particulate matter in the air had increased by 5.5% between 2016 and 2018.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Week of 8 8 16: One Year After a Toxic River Spill, No Clear Plan

9th - 10th
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...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Obama Environmental Appointments

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: Love Canal and the Environmental Protection Agency

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spotlight on America: Radioactive Toxic Transport

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Other

National Environmental Education Foundation: Understanding Climate Change

9th - 10th
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...