AUTOMAKERS BET ON ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CARS FOR FUTURE
By DAVID McHUGH BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer gets out of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during its world premiere at the first press day of the 65th Frankfurt…
Environmental laws and regulations
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…
GOV’T REAFFIRMS IT WILL SELL EX-LAB ISLAND OFF NY
FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, Adrienne Esposito, director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, walks to the top of an old battery, previously used for defense,…
POACHERS KILL RHINO IN NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
By JASON STRAZIUSO EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC IMAGE – In this photo of Sunday Aug. 10, 2013 provided by Kenya Wildlife Services a dead rhino killed by poaches in Nairobi National…
PROMISES, PROMISES: CLIMATE CHANGE
By DINA CAPPIELLO FILE – This March 9, 2010 file photo shows a tanker truck passing the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible…