Sailing body to test for viruses in Rio Olympic venue
By STEPHEN WADE The governing body of world sailing says it will start doing its own independent testing for viruses in Rio’s Olympic waters after an Associated Press investigation showed…
Water quality
Pope’s stance leaks; calls for urgent action on environment
By NICOLE WINFIELD A draft copy of Pope Francis’ eagerly awaited encyclical on the environment calls for urgent action to protect the Earth and fight global warming, which the pope…
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.…
TO CLEAN UP COAL, OBAMA PUSHES MORE OIL PRODUCTION
By DINA CAPPIELLO In this Oct. 21, 2013, photo, construction continues at the Mississippi Power’s Kemper County energy facility in central Mississippi near DeKalb, Miss. The power plant is designed…
Rio’s Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage
By JENNY BARCHFIELD Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay in the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013.…
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…
Montana, feds to seek damages from Exxon spill
By MATTHEW BROWN RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT NAME OF REFINERY – FILE – In this July,10, 2011 file photo, oil-fouled islands and a sheen on the water are seen downstream of…
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…