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Eleven Greenpeace activists were arrested after breaching EU security and carrying out a climate protest as European heads of state and government arrived for a Brussels summit, the group said Friday.
Greenpeace activists breached EU security Thursday to tell European leaders to "wake up" and help save the planet from the increasing threat of global warming.
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a limited study of artificial turf fields that found no concerns with the surfaces, it is not done with the issue.
Brussels - Greenpeace activists Thursday eluded security at a heavily-guarded meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels and staged a protest aimed at drawing attention the climate change talks in Copenhagen. This is a statement by Greenpeace sa...
EU officials scrambled through the night to secure six billion euros in pledges Friday to help the developing world tackle climate change and provide a boost to UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
Environmentalist concerns about elk have prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend coal-bed methane drilling in part of the gas-rich Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming.
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Some scientists, legal experts and delegates say the hardest part of any deal in Copenhagen will be measuring and enforcing it.
Plans to build a new federal administrative building for the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management south of Indian Hills will be unveiled 6 p.m. Thursday. The two agencies are proposing a new building on a 20-acre site located west of Highway 395 between Harris and Hobo Hot Springs roads to house seasonal workforce and provide employee workspace and fleet parking. "Currently, the ...
The word "green" has become a vague and overused marketing term for something that's supposed to be good for the environment.
The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope with and fight global warming.
The Obama administration proposed a national fisheries policy today that promotes the use of new cap-and-trade management sch...
Northern Arizona authorities say they've resolved all reports of stranded or overdue hunters who were caught in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
The federal government has accepted $111.4 million in high bids for 155 offshore energy leases off the coast of Texas. The leases were sold last August in New Orleans by the Minerals Management Service.
The federal agency in charge of protecting the nation's oceans announced Thursday it is ramping up efforts to expand new rules aimed at lessening the cutthroat competition among fishermen that has threatened dozens of ocean species.
Searchers fanned out across a wide swath of Northern Arizona on Thursday in an effort to reach more than a dozen hunters stranded in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
Ray Weiss looks at the chanting protesters, harried delegates and the 20,000 other people gathered here for a global warming summit and wonders: What's the fuss all about?
December 11, 2009
Jence Rhoads made a short jumper with 36 seconds left for the winning basket and No. 18 Vanderbilt rallied from 16 points down to beat Quinnipiac 75-74 on Thursday night. Rhoads and Merideth Marsh had 17 points apiece for Vanderbilt (9-1). Tiffany Clarke added 14 points and sank two free throws with 6 seconds to play to give the Commodores a 75-71 lead.
The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service are accepting applications for summer seasonal firefighting and dispatching positions for the 2010 fire season. Applications must be submitted no later than Jan. 19 to receive first consideration for most positions. Salaries range from $9.45 to $16.04 per hour depending on experience, with a normal term of employment from June 1 through ...
After a four-year legal battle a mining company has paid the government a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution across 19 states.
