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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
