by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 21, 2018 | Environment, Featured
Environment Reporter Ben Trachtenberg visits the United States Botanic Garden to learn about ways it is helping to teach sustainable gardening and landscaping across the...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices had tough questions for both parties Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could determine judicial jurisdiction over Indian tribes. The case concerns a parcel of land in Washington state purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 20, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON— Energy Secretary Rick Perry faced tough questions on proposed funding for oil drilling in the Arctic, renewable energy and security of the energy grid Tuesday during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Trump administration’s 2019...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Technology
PHILADELPHIA — In a twist akin to an episode of Black Mirror, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is turning to virtual reality to help reduce recidivism rates. The state’s program is focusing on juvenile lifers, inmates sentenced to life without parole before...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 1, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—This year, Washington’s famous cherry blossom bloom may come a week early—with the peak bloom expected between March 17 and March 20, five days ahead of last year’s date and following a general trend of earlier blooms that researchers say is due to a...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 27, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — America’s coastal communities are threatened by storms and hurricanes more than ever, but the law regulating development on coastal wetlands — and determining which areas cannot get federal flood insurance — is outdated, experts told a House subcommittee...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 22, 2018 | Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The niece of far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen delivered one of the first addresses at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, calling for unity among conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic to unit against...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 14, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON-The controversial acting deputy director of the National Parks Service testified before a Senate committee Wednesday in opposition to legislation establishing various National Heritage Areas. That stance follows a reversal of previous NPS policy that...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 13, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — A coalition of companies, academics and nonprofits Tuesday launched a new initiative to recycle two million more car batteries, which they claim will mean that virtually all car batteries in the U.S. will be recycled. Conventional car batteries are made...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—The Bikini Atoll, site of dozens of U.S. nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, was the subject of a Capitol Hill debate over U.S. federal oversight versus native self-governance Tuesday. The 167 inhabitants of Bikini voluntarily left the island in...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 18, 2018 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON— Last year was the one of the warmest on record, according to a joint report released Thursday by scientists from NASA and NOAA. “2017 was the second warmest year in the NASA GISTEMP record, only less than 2016,” said NASA Goddard Institute...
