As newsrooms close, new independents emerge
National and local news outlets are closing, a danger for democracy. But local journalists are stepping in with new non-profits and independent news outlets.
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Category: Christian Science Monitor
With cruise ships comes pollution. European ports search for ways to clear the air.
Cruise ships may be idyllic for travelers, but they bring burdensome pollution to port cities.
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Offshore Wind Marks Milestone
Giant turbines have begun turning in the first commercial-size US offshore wind farms, giving hope to the push for renewable energy.
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In Idaho: Fighting wildfires: A family tradition
Thousands of paid and volunteer firefighters will combat wildfires this summer. They are a rough army is often knit by a web of family ties: father and son, mother and daughter, brothers, sisters, cousins.
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In Maine: Immigrants seek a home
An open door for immigrants in Portland, Maine, struggles with influx of newcomers.
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in Pac NW: Untaming a River
For more than a century, giant walls of concrete and clay have blocked the migration of salmon on the Klamath River. Now, four dams are coming down... but is it in time?
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