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WATCH LIVE: Tipping Point, a PBS News discussion on the Colorado River’s reckoning
Tipping Point: Colorado River Reckoning is a live town hall on the challenges facing the Colorado River — a prime source of water in the arid West that 40 million people depend on for hydropower, to slake growing cities and irrigate some of the most productive agricultural land in the country. Seven states, more than two dozen Native American tribes and Mexico all have an interest in the fate of the river.
Communicating Awe: How Three Young Scientists Reach New Audiences Original
Communicating Awe: How Three Young Scientists Reach New Audiences How do we communicate science in an increasingly distracted world? What messages truly resonate with the public? Can social media and art inspire meaningful engagement with science? These questions set the scene for a panel on science and communication at last week’s Lamont-Doherty Open House.
Vetlesen Prize Ceremony Honors Two Distinguished Researchers in Earth Sciences
Vetlesen Prize Ceremony Honors Two Distinguished Researchers in Earth Sciences This year, not one but two researchers were celebrated for their pioneering scientific achievements at a ceremony for the prestigious Vetlesen Prize held April 26 at Columbia University’s Low Library Rotunda. The event was introduced by Maurizio Morello, executive vice president of the G.
2023 Global Asbestos Awareness Week || Day SEVEN – April 7th: Candle Light Vigil to Honor and Remember Asbestos Victims Worldwide - ADAO - Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Press Release: ADAO Launches 19th Annual “Global Asbestos Awareness Week” April 1-7, 2023 This is the first year ADAO has translated GAAW educational releases into Turkish and Ukrainian. Our hearts are with them as both countries endure devastation due to the earthquake and Russian attack.
Russia's war in Ukraine imperils partnership with NASA - PBS NewsHour
Miles O’Brien Miles O’Brien Kate Tobin Kate Tobin Leave your feedback NASA is aiming to expand its astronaut launches from U.S. soil. Boeing is set for a test launch this week of its small spacecraft to the International Space Station. Russia and America have long been partners on the space station, but the invasion of Ukraine has led to new tensions and questions about the future. Miles O’Brien has our report about the rhetoric versus the reality.
2022 Global Asbestos Awareness Week || Day SEVEN – April 7th: Candle Light Vigil to Honor and Remember Asbestos Victims Worldwide - ADAO - Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Posted on March 29, 2022 Each year, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) dedicates April 1-7 to increasing awareness of asbestos and preventing exposure by bringing together experts and victims from around the world to share, learn, and take action.To view all 7 days of Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW) content, please click here. Be sure to follow the conversation on social media with our GAAW hashtag: #2022GAAW.
Atoms for Humanity Summit 9/3-5; Purdue Univ & Third Way
Atoms for Humanity Summit September 3-5, 2019 Stewart Center (STEW), and Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana In partnership with Third Way What role can nuclear power play in getting humans to Mars or eliminating climate change? Also, nuclear energy has an increasing role in medicine and safety and security.
Op-Ed: Connecting Climate Change, Storms
In a recent Op-Ed, environmental engineer Jason West implored the media to make the connection between intensifying storms and climate change. I couldn’t agree more.Miles O’BrienJust talking about the devastation of Hurricane Florence is not enough. It is important to put it in context: we must prepare for this kind of storm intensity in a warming world.Scientists are cautious by nature – and over my years of reporting, the most cautious of these that I’ve met are climate scientists.
Why education won’t solve America’s inequality crisis
Earnings inequality in America has increased since 1979 — that much we know. But why and what to do about it is murky — in part because we’re not all talking about the same group of people when we talk about inequality. “Many of us are talking past each other in public,” said Melissa Kearney, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and professor at the University of Maryland.
Canada grapples with how to govern a patient’s right to die
GWEN IFILL: Four U.S. states, Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Vermont, now have laws allowing doctors to help people die, as do a handful of European nations. But no country has ever launched physician-assisted suicide on the scale now under way in Canada. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court there ruled unanimously that all Canadians have a constitutional right to have doctors help them die. The court gave the government just one year to regulate medically assisted death for the entire nation.
'I'm not going anywhere'
NEWARK, N.J. — A defiant U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez declared that he’s “not going anywhere” after being charged with accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors.
Indiana lawmakers unveil 'fix' for state religious freedom law
Republican leaders in the Indiana legislature announced today a proposal aiming to clarify the state’s controversial religious freedom law. The law has recently come under fire due to the belief that the new rules would allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT customers under the protection of religious belief.
Unicef warns of a looming humanitarian crisis in Yemen
As Saudi airstrikes against Houthi rebels enter their second day, Unicef has cautioned that a humanitarian crisis in Yemen could become reality within a year. According to Julien Harneis, Unicef’s spokesperson for the country, major progress in ensuring food security and access to health care risk being turned back as sources of international aid, including the World Bank and Saudi Arabian donors, are suspending their local activity.
Is the nuclear deal ‘too big to fail’ for U.S. and Iran?
GWEN IFILL: The talks between Iran and six world powers were extended today for yet another 24 hours. The deadline for a framework agreement expired last night. And no deal was reached today, but the U.S. said enough progress has been made to continue the negotiations. Major points of disagreement remain, and both the Americans and Iranians indicated it was up to the other side to bridge that gap.
This tiny songbird flies Canada to Puerto Rico nonstop
A breeding male blackpoll warbler. Photo by Robert RoyseEvery year, from September to November, millions of tiny songbirds gather along the Northeastern coastline, get fat feasting on insects and take to the skies. And then they fly and they fly and they fly.It’s long been believed that the blackpoll warbler, a speckled grey and white bird with a black cap and an unusually high-pitched song, completed an unimaginably long journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
California announces mandatory restrictions to curb drought
JUDY WOODRUFF: The long-lasting and severe drought in California led Governor Jerry Brown to order new and historic water restrictions today. The mandatory rules are designed to reduce water use by 25 percent through 2016. The governor made the announcement on a day when winter snowpack is measured in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Today, there was no snow on the ground there and the snowpack is lower than at any time since 1950.
Menendez traded political favors for patron's gifts
GWEN IFILL: The Justice Department announced today, that, for the first time since the 1980 Abscam scandal, it is indicting a sitting U.S. senator on federal bribery charges. For more on the action against New Jersey Democrat Robert Menendez, we turn to Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times, who’s been covering the story. Matt, eight counts of bribery, 22 counts in all. Tell us a little bit about what you know, from reading the indictment, about what they’re charging.
New Collection Listens in on President Kennedy's Secret White House Tapes
New Collection Listens in on JFK's Secret White House Tapes A new book, "Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy," shares a treasure trove of the president's secretly-recorded phone calls, meetings and private reflections. Gwen Ifill talks to Ted Widmer, historian and librarian of Brown University, who edited and annotated the tape transcripts. Indiana Gov.
California governor orders water restrictions; snowpack at record low
For the first time in California’s history, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday to cut water usage by 25 percent across the state to deal with a years’ long drought. “Today we are standing on dry grass where there should be five feet of snow. This historic drought demands unprecedented action,” he said in a statement. California had a statewide snowpack of only 6 percent by the end of March, the state’s Department of Water Resources earlier reported.
Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted on corruption charges Wednesday, accused of using his office to improperly benefit a Florida eye doctor and political donor. The indictment charged the New Jersey Democrat with 14 counts, including bribery and conspiracy, over his ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy doctor and the politician’s longtime friend. Melgen also was charged in the case.
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