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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PASSENGERS RESCUED OFF SHIP STUCK IN ANTARCTIC ICE
By ROD McGUIRK In this photo provided China’s official Xinhnua News Agency, the first group of passengers of the trapped Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface…