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Fed: fracking study won't be done until 2016
A comprehensive government study of the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality and the environment won't be completed until 2016, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said this week during an Ohio conference. Jeanne Briskin, coordinator of hydraulic fracturing research at the EPA, said Tuesday during the conference ...
Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes
Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Prosecutors ...
Adapting to Climate Change Through Barriers
Instead of protesting against the evils of carbon pollution, many officials and environmental advocates are adopting the model of boy scouts when it comes to climate change: Be prepared. (June 17)
2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday. ...
3 wildfires burn out of control in Colorado
A wildfire fueled by hot temperatures, gusty winds and thick, bone-dry forests has destroyed 92 homes, damaged five more and prompted more than 7,000 residents northeast of Colorado Springs to flee, sheriff's officials said Wednesday. A separate Colorado wildfire to the south has destroyed 20 structures, including some in Royal ...
First Klamath irrigation shutoffs begin in Oregon
With rivers in Oregon's drought-stricken upper Klamath Basin flowing far below normal levels, state water officials started telling ranchers Wednesday they must shut off irrigation to leave water for native fish held sacred by the Klamath Tribes, a federal irrigation project and wildlife refuges downstream. The shutoffs are the first ...
Cheaper solar panels fuel rise in renewable energy
A dramatic drop in the price of solar power technology last year helped the continued growth of renewable energy, according to a U.N.-backed report published Wednesday. Global energy-generating capacity from renewable sources rose by 115 gigawatts in 2012, compared with 105 gigawatts the previous year, the report by the Paris-based ...
Thai pet shop owner with 14 rare lions arrested
Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner. Birds, meerkats, tortoises, peafowls, capuchin monkeys and other species from overseas and Thailand were found at the warehouse, police Col. Ek Ekasart said. ...
Music service, mobile software expected from Apple
Apple is switching from its decade-long practice of naming its Mac operating system updates after big cats. Instead, it's paying homage to the geography of its home state. Apple software head Craig Federighi says the next version of Mac OS X will be called "Mavericks," after an undersea rock formation ...
Big Shark, Could Be Record, Caught Off Calif.
A sport-fisherman reeled in a 1,323 pound mako shark off Southern California, possibly setting a new world record. (June 6)
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