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- In the last century, the air and water have warmed, snow and ice have melted, and the seas have risen. The world’s climate scientists already knew that, but expressed renewed confidence in those troubling trends in a major report that has come to...
- If you live in a county where fracking is happening, there are probably a whole lot more STD-ridden people wandering around than in non-fracked areas, according to a new study. Keep those antibiotics handy.
- The next time someone asks you to sign a petition to ban fracking, consider the lack of science behind their claims and the costly financial impact on low-income households if a moratorium succeeds.
- The opportunities are extraordinary, the challenges many. As the United Nations drafts a new set of goals to follow the Millennium Development Goals, Africa will be the ultimate testing ground for new strategies to end poverty, mitigate the impact...
- A three-month investigation into the June deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters found that the men ceased radio communication for a half hour before they were killed in a wildfire blaze, but did not assign fault.
- An investigation has established that an intensive operation for almost 3,000 cattle has been created in Lincolnshire. A second site, potentially holding up to 8,000 animals in pens surrounded by walls made from bales of straw, is planned for a site...
- Senators and state attorneys general are clamoring for the Food and Drug Administration to quickly restrict the sale of electronic cigarettes, but the past president of the American Lung Association, Charles Connor, says e-cigarettes may be "the...
- Prions — the infectious, deformed proteins that cause chronic wasting disease in deer — can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn and tomatoes, according to new research from the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison. The research further...
- The Napthine government is headed for a pre-election showdown in Victoria with farmers, miners and environmentalists as it decides whether to lift a moratorium on the controversial practice of fracking.
- Sunlight's not exactly powering fermentation, but a winery in Owen County, Ind., is installing solar panels that it hopes will offset more than 65 percent of its annual electricity use.
- Green spaces in Shanghai are set to reach new heights — quite literally — with the announcement of incentives to encourage more roof gardens. Officials are seeking to increase Shanghai’s rooftop green spaces as these contribute to energy saving and...
- There are currently no specific regulations pertaining to Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) in Ghana, said Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo, Deputy Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
- A controversial measure that would require industrial farmers on Kauai to disclose the chemicals in the pesticides they are using was approved by a county council committee after a marathon 12-hour hearing.
- Celebrity activist Erin Brockovich joined Utah activists in a protest meeting and march Saturday in a campaign to shut down a medical-waste incinerator in North Salt Lake.
- Earlier this month, when business boosters, community organizers and labor advocates gathered to brainstorm about diversifying the economy in West Virginia's coalfields, one alternative was mentioned over and over: The boom in natural gas production...
- Florida officials hope to avert a civil war between the citrus industry, one of the state's largest agricultural commodities, and beekeepers, one of its smallest farm sectors, over the increasing use of pesticides.
- In the Texas Oil Patch, the earth is cracked and the grass is brittle, but water is still gushing to hundreds of hydraulic fracturing operations. It’s water in, energy and dollars out at a gold-rush pace that some say cannot continue.
- If you live in a county where fracking is happening, there are probably a whole lot more STD-ridden people wandering around than in non-fracked areas, according to a new study. Keep those antibiotics handy.
- A U.S. Geological Survey study of Butler and surrounding counties found thousands of acres of land and forest disturbance because of Marcellus shale and traditional gas well drilling.
- The Napthine government is headed for a pre-election showdown in Victoria with farmers, miners and environmentalists as it decides whether to lift a moratorium on the controversial practice of fracking.
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