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In 2021, Colorado River water levels dropped so low, the federal government for the first time declared an official shortage. As Bill Whitaker reported, the river’s health is a concern for 40 million people in the West.
Scott Pelley’s 2006 report on government scientists working on environmental issues who didn’t believe the truth was being told about dangers of global warming.
In 2020, contributor Holly Williams reported on the unprecedented scale of Australia's bushfires, which showed the drastic effects of climate change.
In 2020, Scott Pelley reported on the harmful effects of climate change on the world’s ecosystem and the need for increased regulatory environmental policy.
In this 2020 piece, Bill Whitaker reported on the increase of Category 5 hurricanes in the Bahamas, which scientists say is due to climate change. Though costly to install, solar power energy can help slow damage from these severe storms.
Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty on four counts of wire fraud. In 2018, Norah O’Donnell reported on Holmes' company, Theranos, which had a blood-testing machine that could never perform as touted and went from billion-dollar baby to complete bust.
In 2011, former NSA senior executive Tom Drake appeared in his first television interview. He had been indicted for espionage after leaking to the media allegations that the nation's largest intelligence organization had committed fraud, waste and abuse.
In 2010, 60 Minutes obtained an FBI videotape showing a Defense Department employee selling secrets to a Chinese spy that offers a rare glimpse into the secretive world of espionage.
In 1984, Morley Safer profiled the senator from Kansas and his wife, Elizabeth, the secretary of transportation. Dole died Sunday at the age of 98.
In 1993, Steve Kroft profiled the 70-year-old Senate minority leader and WWII veteran, who was the second most powerful man in Washington at the time. Dole died Sunday at the age of 98.
