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Police broke up a protest by the environmental group Greenpeace against deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, arresting 12 foreign and six Indonesian demonstrators, an activist said.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen for climate-change talks, where he’ll offer to cut U.S. emissions about 17 percent by 2020 in an effort to help break a deadlock between rich and poor nations.
Enrollment in Northern Virginia schools has skyrocketed throughout the past decade, fueled first by boom times and lately by the economic downturn.
A student group at the University of Maryland, College Park, is pushing a tax credit program to bring green businesses to the city, but its plan might prove easier said than done.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela expects to complete the development of its Mariscal Sucre offshore natural gas fields, with Japanese partners, by 2014, Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number.
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- China, saying it is acting voluntarily, Thursday announced it will reduce its "intensity" of carbon dioxide emissions by 40 to 45 percent by 2020.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Australian business investment unexpectedly fell in the third quarter as a decline in spending by manufacturing companies offset increased mining outlays.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China Longyuan Power Group Corp. , the nation’s biggest wind-power producer, plans to increase its output capacity to meet demand for renewable energy by tapping the proceeds of its Hong Kong initial public offering next month.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Abu Dhabi’s Murban crude oil fell against its benchmark for a second day as reduced demand from refiners has created a supply glut.
It's the longest-running citizen science project in the nation, and organizers of the 110th Christmas Bird Count are looking for new participants. Since the first one in 1900, the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count has provided an unbroken narrative about the distribution and numbers of birds as development, population increase and climate change have affected the country. "Everyone who ...
Two of Florida State 's top performers this season almost wound up playing at archrival Florida. Defensive back Greg Reid and receiver Bert Reed each enjoyed their recruiting visit to Gainesville and once thought of themselves wearing Orange and Blue before changing their minds at the last moment to attend Florida State.
All Times EST First Round Thursday, Nov. 12 At Stanford, Calif. BYU 2, UC Santa Barbara 0 Stanford 2, Northern Arizona 0 Friday, Nov. 13 At Winston-Salem, N.C. West Virginia 2, Loyola, Md. 0 Wake Forest 2, Kennesaw State 0 At Dayton Ohio Virginia Tech 2, Murray State 0 Dayton 1, Marquette 0, 2OT At Chestnut Hill, Mass. Boston College 1, Harvard 0 Connecticut 1, Boston U. 0, 2OT At Columbia, S.C ...
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Oil & Natural Gas Corp. , India’s biggest energy producer, plans to discuss “specific opportunities” with executives from National Iranian Oil Co.
CARSON CITY (AP) - The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision. BLM spokeswoman JoLynn Worley in Reno confirmed that the roundup planned to begin Dec. 7 has been delayed until Dec. 28. In Defense of Animals, a California-based animal protection group, filed a ...
Heating your home is getting pricey, but a few changes can make a big difference.
The head of the International Energy Agency on Thursday applauded President Barack Obama's plans to commit the U.S. to significant greenhouse gas reductions at next month's Copenhagen climate summit.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday beside firebrand President Hugo Chavez that Iran and Venezuela would "stand together until the end" in the face of US "imperialism."
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Munich Re , the world’s biggest reinsurer, said climate change is “one of the biggest challenges facing mankind” and must be fought with ambitious targets to curb a costly rise in natural catastrophes.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc's demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in China means some of these companies are forcing their employees to work in sweatshop-like conditions, a new report said on Wednesday.
As its rural population dwindles, Alaska is faced with closing dozens of schools with fewer than 10 students.
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