KOCH OVERDOSE
By Lucia Graves & Jordan Howard WASHINGTON -- David Bouie, a 64-year-old resident of Crossett, Ark., says something isn''t right on Penn Road. In the 15 homes on his street, 11 people have recently ...
Captain Of Ship Spilling Oil Off New Zealand Coast Faces Court
By NATACHA PISARENKO TAURANGA, New Zealand -- The captain of a cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off the New Zealand coast appeared in a court Wednesday to face criminal ...
How Waste Management Treats Waste as Resource
By Tilde Herrera If you're at all familiar with Waste Management, you're aware that it's not just a garbage company anymore. In this era of zero waste frenzy, Waste Management is doing just that ...
Wisconsin Mayor: ‘I Pray Every Night’ For New Mine
By TODD RICHMOND MADISON, Wis. -- The idyllic Penokee Range is a hiker's paradise, a thickly forested ridge running 20 miles from Lake Superior's shoreline across far northwestern Wisconsin. It's...
Gulf Cleanup Needed, Government Report Says
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti HOUSTON (AP) -- Coastal states must work together to restore key elements of the Gulf of Mexico that have made it a backbone of the U.S. economy before the ecosystem becomes so weak and...
Yosemite fire grows – 2 campgrounds evacuated
By Casey Newton About 70 homes and two campgrounds were ordered to be evacuated Sunday as a wildfire spread outside Yosemite National Park, fire officials said. The Motor Fire, which spread from a motor...
Department Of Justice Investigates BP For Faulty Oil Spill Estimates
By John Rudolf On April 25, 2010, BP assured the Gulf Coast that a disaster wasn't unfolding. Five days earlier, the Deepwater Horizon, a BP-leased rig in the Gulf of Mexico, had suffered a massive...
Toilet paper brand wipes out forests and endangered species
An investigation released today reveals that Auckland based company Cottonsoft is sourcing its toilet paper from rainforests in Indonesia, home of the critically-endangered Sumatran tiger. The evidence i...
Antarctica’s Ice Flow Fully Mapped For The First Time
By Dean Praetorius Antarctica is a big continent, so mapping all of its ice flow isn't exactly a piece of cake. But for the first time scientists have been able to get the complete picture of the s...
Tar Sands Pipeline Protests Continue
“The only thing we need is more company. We don’t need your sympathy, we need your company," Tar Sands Action leader Bill McKibben said from jail, according to Jamie Henn of 350.org. An ...