Environmental disasters
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change
A new look into HBO’s upcoming miniseries “Chernobyl” gives us a deep look into the nuclear power plant disaster that rocked the then Soviet Union and continues to impact Ukraine to this day. Director Johan Renck spoke with Carol Hills about why he feels this story needs to be told.
Prognosis: Oil Spills Inevitable
Steve talks with Faith Yondo, editor of the Oil Spill Intelligence Report, about the possibility of preventing disasters such as the Braer in the future. Yondo says that while nations are moving to impose stricter regulation on tanker operations, large spills are inevitable as long as we want to ship and consume oil.
A Valdez Oil Spill in Ecuador’s Jungle
Producers Sandy Tolan and Nancy Postero report on the environmental legacy of Ecuador’s 20-year-old oil industry. Since the early 1970’s, more than 10 million gallons of oil have been spilled into the country’s Amazon rainforest, and millions more gallons of toxic waste have been poured into the region’s rivers.
Toxic traces of 1969 Cape Cod oil spill continue to harm wildlife
On the foggy evening of September 16, 1969 the oil barge Florida ran aground off Cape Cod in West Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s research of this spill has influenced national standards for cleaning up oil.