by Laura Bradley | Jul 22, 2014 | Environment
They eat everything, from bunnies to gators. They are almost impossible to spot in the wild, making their exact numbers just as elusive. And they are destroying one of the nation’s most precious ecological treasures. Huge snakes have invaded Florida’s Everglades – and...
by Laura Bradley | Jul 16, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON–California has been pumping groundwater to cope with its catastrophic drought, but pockets of pain remain in some agricultural communities, and treating groundwater like an unlimited resource could have disastrous results in the future as the supply...
by Elizabeth Wang | Jul 7, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – With Mexico’s new oil and gas reform implementing laws set for release later this month, international oil companies likely will look toward investment opportunities in energy production because the risks will bring higher rewards now, a leading industry...
by Elizabeth Wang | Jul 1, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Fun in the sun is taking on a new meaning. These days, summer means hotter weather, more mosquitoes and increased smog, an environmental group said Tuesday. Climate change is exacerbating the annoyances of summer, the Natural Resources Defense Council...
by Anna Bisaro | Jun 2, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – With a few quick strokes of her pen, Environmental Protection Administration chief Gina McCarthy signed a draft regulation Monday morning to cut carbon emissions from coal plants 30 percent by 2030. Power plants produce the most carbon emissions of any...
by Anna Bisaro | May 19, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – For the second time since it was created in 2001, a rule banning timber harvesting on millions of acres in national forests has been modified to exclude the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. But, harvesting projects there likely will be slow to...
