New Jersey’s long-awaited draft Energy Master Plan was unveiled by the Corzine administration, which has raised questions and goal reservations. Key points in the plan include revising of housing codes to encourage better efficiency, and increases in renewable energy sources.
Exposé executive producer Tom Casciato talks to James O’Shea, former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, about the changing nature of the newspaper industry. How much profit is–or ought to be–enough for a newspaper like the Times? GO
Do environmentalists utilize a politics of fear? Do progressive politics appeal to hopes and desires, or to nightmares? n+1 contributors Meghan Falvey, Alex Gourevitch, Mark Greif and Chad Harbach debate, as Benjamin Kunkel (co-founder of n+1) moderates. This event was presented on October 30, 2007 by the New York Public Library, with n+1, a [...]
An interview with Rep. Robert Andrews who against the wishes of the party establishment has announced his intention to challenge Sen. Frank Lautenberg as the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Congressman Andrews has served in the House of Representatives since 1990 and is promising to bring new vigor to the Washington, D.C. [...]
Just back from being under fire in Iraq, Baghdad bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers Leila Fadel conveys what the war has meant to ordinary Iraqis and captures the dangers faced by soldiers and the reporters covering their efforts in Iraq. Leila Fadel will be taking viewer questions on The Moyers Blog.
Watch a slideshow by R & E senior associate producer Patti Jette Hanley of Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass in front of 46,000 Catholics at Nationals Park in Washington. GO
There’s a reason to worry if the 2nd Avenue subway goes up before the U.S. federal gov’t takes action on global warming.
Just in the past year China has overtaken the U.S. as the world’s biggest producer of CO2, according to James Wang, climate expert at the nonprofit Environmental Defense. “But, if you look at the [...]
On Thursday, the Pope held a private meeting with people who were sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests, in what was believed to be the first encounter between a pope and victims of clergy abuse. NPR also reports that other victims were outraged that the pope would meet with such a small, hand-picked group.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the White House yesterday, welcomed by President and Mrs. Bush, after apologizing for child abuse scandals in the U.S. Catholic Church in recent years. A NewsHour reporter following the story discusses the pope’s six-day, two-city visit.
Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went head to head last night in what could be their last debate before the decisive Presidential primary in Pennsylvania. Follow the NewsHour as they travel to Pennsylvania ahead of the state’s April 22 primary to explore voter viewpoints on the election.
