China, India increasingly drive energy demand
By PABLO GORONDI In this photo taken March 26, 2009, workers stand on tanks at the Dina oil and gas production zone of PetroChina at the Tarim Basin in northwest…
Environment
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Koizumi said Tuesday that…
AP PHOTOS: SAfrica rangers train to fight poaching
In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 a herd of eliphants drink at a watering hole in the Madikwe Game Reserve. The majestic sight of wild animals roaming freely…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
UN: CO2 POLLUTION LEVELS AT ANNUAL RECORD HIGH
By JOHN HEILPRIN French Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization, WMO, informs the media about the annual greenhouse gas bulletin in the atmosphere during a press conference at the…
What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?
By MARTHA MENDOZA FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, file photo, two men fish in the water in front of a barge on Treasure Island in San Francisco.…
Warming report sees violent, sicker, poorer future
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts that man-made global warming likely will worsen already existing human tragedies of war, starvation, poverty, flooding, extreme weather…
Doctors, vets explore shared medical problems
By VERENA DOBNIK In this 2008 photo provided by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., Dr. Natterson-Horowitz listens to the heart of a female lion at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden…