WEST COAST STATES AND BC TO LINK CLIMATE POLICIES
By JASON DEAREN From left, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and California Gov. Jerry Brown listen to a speaker before signing an agreement to collectively combat climate…
Environmental concerns
BEIJING ADOPTS NEW SMOG EMERGENCY MEASURES
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN A motorcyclist wearing a mask and other cyclists ride past vehicles clogged with heavy traffic in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Beijing is seeking to tame its…
ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS
By MICHAEL WARREN and NATACHA PISARENKO In this March 29, 2013, photo, former farmworker Fabian Tomasi, 47, shows the condition of his emaciated body as he stands inside his home…
MERKEL PARTY TOOK BMW MONEY BEFORE EMISSIONS CALL
German Chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting with the Christian Democratic parties delegation prior to exploratory talks about an coalition with the…
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
OVERFLOWING TANK CA– USE OF NEW LEAK AT FUKUSHIMA
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This aerial photo shows the storage tank, fifth from left at left plot, which workers detected the water dripping from the top, at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear…
REPORT PONDERS: HOW SENSITIVE IS CLIMATE TO CO2?
By KARL RITTER FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo smoke billows from chimneys of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China.…
HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…