Guide for healthy eating may consider environment
By MARY CLARE JALONICK The government issues dietary guidelines every five years to encourage Americans to eat healthier. This year’s version may look at what is healthy for the environment,…
Environment and nature
French climate envoy sees hope in low oil prices
By LORI HINNANT Low oil prices could paradoxically help the world reach an international agreement to fight global warming, according to the French ambassador charged with organizing a key climate…
Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones
By JOAN LOWY and JENNIFER AGIESTA Americans are skeptical that the benefits of the heralded drone revolution will outweigh the risks to privacy and safety, although a majority approve of…
New York to ban fracking; environmentalists cheer
By MARY ESCH Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators say are its unexplored health risks and dubious economic…
New York to ban fracking; environmentalists cheer
By MARY ESCH Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators say are its unexplored health risks and dubious economic…
MIGRATION SPOTLIGHTS MEXICAN ‘COYOTE’ SMUGGLERS
In this July 12, 2014, photo, a young boy is helped down from a freight car, as Central American migrants board a northbound freight train in Ixtepec, Mexico. Many…
48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen spared Muslims
By TOM ODULA A member of the Kenyan security forces walks past the body of one of those who were killed by militants, in the village of Kibaoni just outside…
EPA promotes global warming proposal to governors
By IVAN MORENO EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers a keynote speech during the annual Western Governors’ Association Meeting, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The…