by Lauren Biron | Jul 7, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has reiterated to Congress its support for a law requiring alternative fuel purchased by the military or other federal agencies to be at least as clean as conventional petroleum-based fuels, a senior Defense Department official said Thursday....
by Lauren Biron | Jul 6, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Farmers would grow more corn on less land in a few decades with the goal of doubling production worldwide if a new coalition of researchers is successful. On Wednesday, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research announced a global...
by Lauren Biron | Jun 29, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Stomach flu, skin rashes, pink eye, dysentery, hepatitis and tar balls – just a few of the fun things you might pick up at the nation’s beaches, which a new report says saw increased closures last year. U.S. beaches combined were closed for nearly...
