by Jasmine Minor | Jan 25, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House late Tuesday to rally against President Donald Trump’s executive orders to revive two pipelines that go through North Dakota. Jasmine Minor reports for KVRR Local News....
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by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Jan 12, 2017 | Environment
WASHINGTON—Outgoing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says the department’s new policy protecting staff scientists and engineers as well as scientists who receive federal funding from political interference was in the works before Donald Trump won the presidency....
by Katie Murar | Aug 25, 2016 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON— Democrats are urging President Barack Obama to sidestep congressional Republicans who are blocking increased funding for the National Park Service and use his executive authority to expand the national park system. Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Dina...
by Danielle Prieur | Aug 22, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON–Arden Tewksbury has been a dairy farmer in northeast Pennsylvania for most of his 83 years. He’s also an agricultural activist who is part of a movement to try to stop the loss of family-owned dairy farms across the country due to record-low milk...
by Danielle Prieur | Aug 11, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Farmers are waging war against a weed commonly known as pigweed, but their best weapon is a controversial herbicide that can damage other crops. Called amaranth by chemical companies developing herbicides to fight it, pigweed is a leafy green plant...
by Danielle Prieur | Aug 11, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON–Seth Squires is a second-generation dairy farmer in upstate New York. At 18, he is part of a new trend in farming: second and third generation Millenials who are choosing to continue their family’s tradition of farming — with anything but...
