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"FACT CHECK: More Us Drilling Didn't Drop Gas Price"

"WASHINGTON - It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show.

A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump."

Source: AP, 03/22/2012

Tennessee Bill Protects Teachers Who Challenge Climate Change

"State legislature gives legal protection to teachers who do not believe in the science and want to debate alternate explanations."

Source: Guardian, 03/22/2012

"California Struggling To Prepare Quake Early Warning System"

"The state spends a fraction of what countries like Mexico and Japan spend on their systems. One reason for the lack of interest, experts say, is that California has not experienced a catastrophic quake in more than a century."

Source: LA Times, 03/22/2012

"Follow The Money To Catch Illegal Loggers: World Bank"

"The same follow-the-money approach used to catch drug kingpins and human traffickers could be used to track down the big operators behind large-scale illegal logging, the World Bank said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 03/22/2012

"Two Texas Towns Run Out of Water"

"ROBERT LEE, Texas -- All the cars in this town are dirty. Gripped by drought, the lake that has provided the town's only source of water has just about dried up -- as of last month, it was less than 1 percent full. And as a result, residents are prohibited from using water to wash cars, water trees and lawns and irrigate plants."

Source: PBS, 03/22/2012

"Stubborn Drought Expected To Tax Mexico For Years"

"A severe drought in Mexico that has cost farmers more than a billion dollars in crop losses alone and set back the national cattle herd for years, is just a foretaste of the drier future facing Latin America's second largest economy."

Source: Reuters, 03/22/2012

"Rocket Plunge to Deep End of the Planet"

"For centuries, the daredevils known as submariners have slipped beneath the waves in vehicles made for horizontal travel. Their craft are basically underwater ships. Even submersibles, small vessels that dive unusually deep, follow the horizontal plan. Until now."

Source: NY Times, 03/22/2012

"Are Walmart's Chinese Factories as Bad as Apple's?"

A nonfiction reporter takes a long look at Walmart's suppliers in China and elsewhere, assessing the company's claims to be greening itself as the world's largest retailer.

Source: Mother Jones, 03/22/2012

"Beekeepers Ask EPA To Ban Pesticide, Protect Bees"

"FRESNO, Calif. -- Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a petition Wednesday, asking federal regulators to suspend use of a pesticide they say harms honeybees."

Source: AP, 03/22/2012

"Justices Allow Challenge to E.P.A. Control of Wetlands"

"The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that an Idaho couple had the right to file an immediate court challenge to a federal Environmental Protection Agency decision designating their property as wetlands and forbidding them from building a home there."

Source: NY Times, 03/22/2012

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