Reid pulls spending bill after spat with GOP
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This June 10, 2014 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat has…
Environment
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…
Seas rise, Fla. GOP leaders balk at climate change
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK This May 17, 2014, file photo shows Blanca Mesa of Miami protesting against Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements on climate change as activists and beach-goers join hands…
Where do the elite meet? Behind closed doors
This May 8, 2014 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. For a few days in March, the American Enterprise Institute welcomed…
CHINA ANNOUNCES $1.6 BILLION AIR POLLUTION FUND
FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo, people use escalators with skyscrapers, covered with haze in the background, in Shanghai, China. China’s Cabinet has announced that 10 billion…
OREGON OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FARM PROJECT ANNOUNCED
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA FILE – This Oct. 30, 2002 file photo shows a speed boat passing by offshore windmills in the North Sea offshore from near Esbjerg, Denmark. On Wednesday…
AFTER 5 DAYS, W.VA.’S WATER CRISIS NEARS ITS END
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Workers at Freedom Industries continue through the night to empty storage tanks of chemicals into tanker trucks at it’s plant in Charleston, Va., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.…
BLACK RHINO HUNTING PERMIT AUCTIONED FOR $350,000
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHAEL GRACZYK Bob Fretwell of Mesquite, Texas, holds a sign protesting outside the Dallas Convention Center where the Dallas Safari Club is holding it’s weekend show…