JEFFREY BROWN:For those stations not taking a pledge break, we go beneath Washingtons Puget Sound to look at stormwater runoff. Our story comes from our colleagues at KCTS9 in Seattle. Katie Campbell reports for Earth Fix, a public media project focu...
JEFFREY BROWN:And, finally tonight, we turn to Poland, where there's a familiar controversy surrounding new energy exploration. Our story is part of a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and comes from special correspondent St...
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: Japan two years after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck its northeastern coast. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:The 2011 quake was one of the strongest in recorded history. It set off a tsunami that kil...
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to part two of our investigative look at the safety of America's drinking water. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the toxic chemical made famous in the movie Erin Brockovich, its potentially harmful effect on human...
JUDY WOODRUFF:And we turn to the EPA's new regulations requiring cleaner gasoline. The Obama administration announced the proposed changes today. They would require two-thirds less sulfur in gasoline and a reduction in other emissions beginning in 20...
JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: how an oil spill near Little Rock, Ark., is casting a shadow over the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline. MAN:So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood. JUDY WOODRUFF:A local resident describe...
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to our interview with former Vice President Al Gore. Since he conceded the 2000 presidential election, Mr. Gore's of course become best known for his advocacy on climate change issues, work that led to both a Nobel Prize and an...
JUDY WOODRUFF:So, you're saying it would go to other countries and then come to the U.S. by ship or ... SCOTT SEGAL:Well, I would say there are two options. It's either going to go to China or come to the United States. And in either event, the carbo...
GWEN IFILL:President Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term today, even as he continued to fill seats left open at that table. Sylvia Burwell, the president of the Wal-Mart Foundation, was nominated to head the Office of Manageme...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to our ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tonight, special correspondent Rick Karr looks at environmental concerns in New York City. Many residents in Brooklyn want to know more about the risks of chemica...