by Anna Bisaro | Apr 9, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Inhabitants of Israel’s Kidron Valley, a land once walked by Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad, now describe the area as a sewer. The Kidron Valley, or Wadi Nar in Arabic, an area of about 17 miles, stretches from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and holds great...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 9, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The tight $7.89 billion budget proposed for the Environmental Protection Agency has left some Democratic senators dissatisfied. “I want to express my disappointment, frankly,” Chairman Jack Reed said in an appropriations hearing Wednesday. “We work...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 3, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service is already planning celebrations for its 100-year anniversary in two years. But the anniversary bashes are threatened by the possibility of another summer of wildfires in the national parks that could burn up the money needed for...