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New York Times - 4 minutes ago
An eco-friendly house in California has become an example for homeowners looking for creative ways to go green.
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New York Times - 12 minutes ago
Mr. Rosenfield, a dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, became a leading advocate for women?s health during the global H.I.V./AIDS epidemic.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 14 minutes ago
Oil prices fell to a 14-month low Thursday in Asia as bad U.S. economic news heighten fears that a significant global economic slowdown will undermine demand for crude.
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CNN - 33 minutes ago
A majority of debate watchers think Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted right afterward.
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USA Today - 43 minutes ago
When delegates to the Republican National Convention broke into chants of "drill, baby, drill," they could have found no more receptive audience than here in Wyoming's oil patch, where workers have been doing just that for 100 years.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 44 minutes ago
Hurricane Omar strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it raced toward Puerto Rico and the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean, threatening to bring torrential rains that could trigger dangerous floods and mudslides on Thursday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 6:40 pm EDT
The global financial crisis could hardly come at a worse time for nations seeking a new agreement on climate change that — on top of everything else — will cost tens of billions more dollars.
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USA Today - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
Seven weeks down. Seven weeks to go until BCS berths go out. A good time to look give out grades for the first half of what has already been a wild year on the college gridiron.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
A giant crocodile believed to have eaten an Australian holidaymaker will spend the rest of its life on a farm, breeding more crocodiles, an official said Thursday.
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New York Times - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
Fearing a recession, OPEC cut its 2009 petroleum demand forecast.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 9:39 pm EDT
French power company EDF said on Wednesday it would not make a competing bid for U.S. power company Constellation Energy Group Inc because the credit crisis has made financing more difficult to obtain.
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Nasdaq - Tue Oct 14, 8:31 pm EDT
PARIS (AFP)--Skins, claws and bones from at least 1,158 tigers and other protected big cats were spotted in open markets in Myanmar during surveys conducted over the past 18 years, the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, reported Wednesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 8:55 pm EDT
Despite pressure from elected officials and the military, the Bush administration has yet to equip some California National Guard planes for firefighting — a delay that could have grave implications during the worst of the wildfire season.
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USA Today - Wed Oct 15, 8:41 pm EDT
It was like something out of a movie about Mississippi, the kind of scene that frames the state in historical terms of race and politics.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 8:39 pm EDT
Hurricane Omar strengthened rapidly on Wednesday as it raced toward Puerto Rico and the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean, threatening to bring torrential rains that could trigger dangerous floods and mudslides.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 8:39 pm EDT
To reach its global warming goals, California must cut greenhouse gas emissions by about four tons per person, which would require cleaner cars, more renewable energy and a cap on major polluters, according to a state plan released Wednesday.
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USA Today - Wed Oct 15, 8:40 pm EDT
Where Anthony Hurt once saw rubble and litter, he now sees a bright mural. From his second-story window, the view of drugs and decay has given way to sunflowers and trees.
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Bloomberg - 11 minutes ago
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama will classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated should he win the presidential election on Nov. 4, opening the way for new rules on greenhouse gas emissions.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 7:08 pm EDT
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatened Thursday to torpedo the European Union's climate change plans, branding them too big a burden for business amid the global financial crisis.
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USA Today - Wed Oct 15, 7:10 pm EDT
Call it the political revenge of the nerds. For nearly eight years, many mainstream scientists have been frustrated with the Bush administration. They've claimed that science has been censored, ignored and politicized on issues from global warming to stem cells to evolution. Even the presidential science adviser was booted from the White House, forced to set up office down the street.
