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Indonesia plans to deport seven foreign Greenpeace activists involved in a protest against deforestation, seen as a contributor to global warming, the group said Thursday.
Before the Revolutionary War. Before the Mayflower weighed anchor. Before Columbus set sail. Way before the Crusades ended. Even before the Magna Carta.
William Bianco and Regina Smyth are professors of political science at Indiana University.Most Nobel Prize winners vanish from the news shortly after their award is announced. But the work of this year's winner in economics - who will accept her award Dec. 10 in Stockholm - speaks directly, and in unexpected ways, to one of the most vexing issues facing Long Island: whether to consolidate the ...
"We now live in a world that is as clearly our garden as was the Garden of Eden. We are fully responsible for the maintenance of the sustainability and beauty of Earth, our garden ... and for its future as well."
'Tis the season to pack up of the family and cut down a Christmas tree and at Mountain Creek Tree Farm, things are bustling. But the noble fir - the Northwest favorite - had bit of a problem this summer.
Three Rivers, a 2,000-student district, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from a plastics plant near an Addyston school that closed.
Warden Peery had been placed on paid administrative leave by the DNR pending investigation of the use of deadly force involving a suspect in the Exeland bank robbery.
Downtown Mini opened in 2002, the perfect little boutique store for the perfect little boutique car. The dealership, on Orange Avenue in the shadow of neighboring high-rise buildings, had room for just a handful of cars, which was fine because the Mini Cooper was so popular that there was a five-month back order. Total number of employees, including general manager Mike Torre, could be counted ...
The end of Thanksgiving traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Another tradition for many people is searching for the perfect tree in a forest rather than a lot.
Give the gift of membership support this holiday season. The Big Bear Discovery Center’s Adventure Outpost is the portal to make that connection.
Bear Valley Electric asked and its wish was granted. The agency’s energy resource manager Tracey Drabant applied for $3 million in Department of Energy grant money in February through Senator Diane Feinstein’s office.
Bison have returned to Mexico for the first time since the 1800s, with Mexican authorities releasing 23 donated U.S. animals in northern Chihuahua state.
The San Bernardino National Forest began a road reconstruction project on Polique Canyon Road, 2N09, near Big Bear Lake on Nov. 24. The work is expected to continue through spring 2010.
The Issue Wild burros wandered into Erwin Lake neighborhoods looking for food and water.
Edmond Historic Preservation TrustThe Edmond Historic Preservation Trust will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Edmond Historical Museum, 431 S. Boulevard. The following items are on the agenda:1. Welcome and call to order.
The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks go over the week's headlines, including President Obama's upcoming Afghanistan announcement and his promise to curb carbon emissions.
Hopes suddenly rose Friday that a new global climate pact was within reach after rich nations attending a Commonwealth summit here offered to pay poorer countries to help seal the deal.
Tourists traveling the vast expanse of tribal lands in northern Arizona soon will have a venue to learn about the culture of one of the oldest indigenous tribes in America. A $13 million hotel and conference center billed as the western gateway to the Hopi reservation is set to open late this year, where entertainment, lectures and demonstrations will provide non-Hopis with an insight into the ...
Despite a drop in natural gas prices, UGI Penn Natural Gas customers continue to pay the same high rate, a Times-Tribune analysis has found. However, customers may finally get a break in their rates if the Allentown-based utility does what the rest of t
WINCHESTER – The fourth Community Conversation on the town center, sponsored by the Planning Board and Board of Selectmen, focused on the natural landscape and led to a discussion of water-management measures and what the built vs. natural vision for the center should be.
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