Environment

The team measures and documents bones of the body as part of intake OPID 699, which was one of 16 human remains exhumed at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brooks County in January. Operation Identification's goal is to identify and repatriate unidentified human

After Grim Deaths In The Borderlands, An Effort To Find Out Who Migrants Were

5:00am May 21, 2019

by John Burnett

More than 200 migrants die attempting to cross the Southwest border each year. Slowly, scientists at a Texas laboratory are seeking the story of their bones.

Environment

Climate Change And Its Effect On The Australian Elections

4:26pm May 20, 2019

Australians headed to the polls this weekend. Some people ate sausages after.

The wake of a supply vessel heading toward a working platform crosses over an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2015. The Coast Guard says it has contained the oil spill.

Oil Spill Seeping Into Gulf Of Mexico Contained After 14 Years, Coast Guard Says

11:23pm May 16, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The Taylor Energy oil spill began after Hurricane Ivan triggered an underwater mudslide and caused the company's oil platform to topple and sink.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was among the most controversial of President Trump's original Cabinet-level picks.

EPA Watchdog Finds Ex-Chief Scott Pruitt Spent $124,000 On 'Excessive' Airfare

3:27pm May 16, 2019

by Nathan Rott

The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog has found $124,000 in improper travel expenses by former administrator Scott Pruitt. It suggests the agency find a way to recover those costs.

Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand.

Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic

1:48pm May 16, 2019

by Christopher Joyce

The Cocos Keeling Islands make up barely 6 square miles in the Indian Ocean. It's a good place to measure debris because almost no one lives there. Scientists were flabbergasted by what they found.

An employee of the District of Columbia Housing Authority walks on the grounds of a public housing complex called Richardson Dwellings in Northeast Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federal fund now used to repair public hou

Trump Administration Wants To Cut Funding For Public Housing Repairs

11:42am May 16, 2019

by Pam Fessler

Public housing officials estimate that it would cost $50 billion to fix up buildings that have fallen into disrepair nationwide. The Trump administration is calling for more private investment.

Volunteer rescue workers search for human remains in the rubble of homes burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. State officials say the fire was caused by PG&E power lines.

PG&E Transmission Lines Caused California's Deadliest Wildfire, State Officials Say

10:47pm May 15, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The utility giant had already acknowledged that the fire investigation would likely find its equipment responsible for the Camp Fire in 2018.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally at Howard University on Monday. The Sunrise Movement held an event for the final stop of the "Road to a Green New Deal" tour to "explore what the pain of the climate crisis looks like in D.C. an

Ocasio-Cortez Decries Biden 'Middle-Of-The-Road Approach' On Climate Change

6:43pm May 14, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

"I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to find a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives," the congresswoman said.

Environment

North Carolina Coastal Town Adds Safety Measures To Warn About Rip Currents

4:21pm May 14, 2019

by Keri Brown

A North Carolina beach town will use a new system to warn swimmers about dangerous rip currents. This comes after three people died off of Emerald Isle's coast this spring.

Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. A third California jury has awarded a multimillion-dollar court judgment against the herbicide.

California Jury Awards $2 Billion To Couple In Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Trial

10:09pm May 13, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The verdict represents the third time a California jury has decided in favor of consumers who claimed their cancer was caused by the glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer.