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3 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
For the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in Pennsylvania, the Delaware River is their ancestral home and a place they come to pay their respects. Clan Mother Shelley Windamakwi DePaul and her son Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul have dedicated their lives to protecting the river.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | David Schechter |Taylor Johnston |Grace Manthey |Justin Sherman |Laura Geller
Nationwide, more than 60% of the water we use comes from rivers, streams and lakes. For example, New York City gets 90% of its water from the Delaware Basin. Philadelphia gets almost 60%. These waterways are continually under threat from pollution, development and climate change.
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4 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
An estimated 40 million Americans live in floodplains, facing a risk of catastrophic flooding that puts them and their homes in danger. That includes Steve Rodriguez, whose home near a creek in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, floods so often, he paid to raise it 10 feet. Some of his neighbors went even higher, 20 feet or more. The flooding risk is made worse by more intense rainfall driven by climate change and by unchecked development.
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4 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
Across the U.S., rivers are in crisis. One of the major issues they face is contamination by sewage and other forms of pollution, but some communities are impacted more than others. In Philadelphia, trash littered part of the Cobbs Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, not far from where people live. Jerome Shabazz, who runs the non-profit Overbrook Environmental Education Center in Philadelphia, took CBS News along to clean up some of the trash.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Dave Malkoff |Laura Geller
No matter where you live in America, there's a tornado radar system in your region scanning the skies to keep you informed. But the aging technology, which dates back to 1988, is in desperate need of an upgrade. Tornado activity across the U.S. is increasing, with more than 470 tornadoes reported through early April. The National Weather Service has also issued the most tornado warnings in nearly 40 years.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Nicole Valdes
How Baltimore is reducing violence on the streets Baltimore, once a poster child for big city crime, is now becoming the model for a turnaround as gun violence has fallen more rapidly than in any other major U.S. city, according to the Center for American Progress. One way the city has reduced crime is by tapping into the expertise of people who used to perpetrate it. Sean Wees grew up in Brooklyn, a neighborhood in south Baltimore, where he saw the violence firsthand.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
The former top government scientist during President Trump's first term in office has a cautionary tale to tell about the politicization of science. It involves Neil Jacobs, Mr. Trump's nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
4 hours agoThe last thing Shane Poole wanted was to turn his back on the military life he loves. But Poole, an Air Force veteran who now works as a civilian trainer, says he's lost all trust in the government as President Donald Trump pushes a now-or-never buyout on federal workers and Democrats seem …
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
savingseafood.org | Laura Geller |Tracy Wholf
February 6, 2025 — Democrats on Capitol Hill, and sources familiar with the situation, said the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been inside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The White House DOGE team is a cost-cutting initiative created by President Trump to find ways to trim federal spending.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Tracy Wholf
Concern over DOGE Treasury access Democrats on Capitol Hill, and sources familiar with the situation, said the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been inside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The White House DOGE team is a cost-cutting initiative created by President Trump to find ways to trim federal spending.
