Environment Video

Eco-Palms for Palm SundayPlay

Eco-Palms for Palm Sunday

Assignment Earth - Thu Apr 2, 11:22 AM ET

In Guatemala, villagers get fair wages to harvest palm fronds sustainably, for export to U.S. churches.

  • National Landscape Conservation System Play
    National Landscape Conservation System Assignment Earth - Sat Mar 28, 9:57 AM ET

    The U.S. Congress has passed a sweeping law that permanently establishes the protection of 26 million acres of public lands with special scenic, historic and ecological significance.

  • Back From Extinction? Play
    Back From Extinction? Assignment Earth - Thu Mar 26, 1:29 PM ET

    With bits of evidence, researchers are convinced Ivory-billed woodpeckers are not extinct and will soon be found in the swamps of northern Florida.

  • Fish Tagging on the Mississippi Play
    Fish Tagging on the Mississippi Assignment Earth - Thu Mar 26, 1:12 PM ET

    To guide habitat restoration in backwater lakes on the upper Mississippi, Iowa researchers track fish with radio transmitters.

  • Bald Eagles Return to Midwest Play
    Bald Eagles Return to Midwest Assignment Earth - Tue Mar 3, 1:23 PM ET

    On the Mississippi between Illinois and Iowa, hundreds of bald eagles are now attracted each winter by plentiful fish in ice-free waters.

  • Lead Bullets Play
    Lead Bullets Assignment Earth - Fri Feb 20, 11:25 AM ET

    New research shows how fragments of lead rifle bullets are poisoning eagles, bears and other wildlife that scavenge carcasses left by hunters.

  • Entangled Sea Lions Play
    Entangled Sea Lions Assignment Earth - Thu Feb 12, 4:57 PM ET

    Off Alaska's coast, new research shows how entangling fishing gear and trash cause devastating consequences for Steller sea lions.

  • Saving Puerto Rican Parrots Play
    Saving Puerto Rican Parrots Assignment Earth - Fri Feb 6, 9:29 AM ET

    Only a handful of the world's most endangered parrots still survive in the wild, but state and federal captive breeding programs are holding them back from extinction.

  • Mountain Top Removal Play
    Mountain Top Removal Assignment Earth - Thu Jan 29, 11:14 AM ET

    In Appalachia, a last-minute change in mining rules by the Bush Administration affects how coal companies can dump debris in watersheds -- a major environmental impact from mountaintop-removal mining operations.

  • Tennessee Coal Sludge Play
    Tennessee Coal Sludge Assignment Earth - Thu Jan 22, 11:18 AM ET

    Coal sludge spill in Tennessee threatens long-term toxic danger.

  • Low-Cost Electric Conversion Play
    Low-Cost Electric Conversion Assignment Earth - Wed Jan 14, 1:25 PM ET

    For under a thousand dollars, a mechanic in Illinois has converted his pickup truck into a battery-powered vehicle.

  • Mega Fish Play
    Mega Fish Assignment Earth - Mon Dec 15, 4:55 PM ET

    Like other big fish species worldwide, Mongolia's giant trout faces extinction.

  • Cougars Compete to Survive Play
    Cougars Compete to Survive Assignment Earth - Mon Dec 8, 12:20 PM ET

    In the Yellowstone region, mountain lions face increasing threats from bears, wolves, and people.

  • Greener Vineyards Play
    Greener Vineyards Assignment Earth - Tue Nov 25, 12:29 PM ET

    Winemakers in California's Napa Valley are switching to more sustainable, eco-friendly methods, and producing even better wines.

  • Tasmanian Devils Play
    Tasmanian Devils Assignment Earth - Thu Nov 20, 10:19 AM ET

    In Tasmania, an infectious cancer is wiping out dwindling numbers of an iconic, feisty marsupial.

  • Guns in National Parks Play
    Guns in National Parks Assignment Earth - Fri Nov 7, 11:42 AM ET

    Some U.S. lawmakers want to change regulations to allow loaded and concealed weapons in national parks.

  • Flint River Play
    Flint River Assignment Earth - Wed Oct 29, 5:36 PM ET

    New Technology Saves Water

  • Restoring Gorongosa Play
    Restoring Gorongosa Assignment Earth - Wed Oct 22, 4:38 PM ET

    In Mozambique, an American philanthropist has made an expensive 25-year commitment to bring a war-ravaged national park back to its former natural splendor.

  • Whitebark Pine Disaster Play
    Whitebark Pine Disaster Assignment Earth - Mon Oct 6, 11:51 AM ET

    In the Northern Rockies, beetle infestation and invasive fungus are destroying ancient whitebark pine forests, with serious impacts on wildlife.

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