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Hundreds of Greenpeace activists rallied Saturday in support of a commitment by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.
About six weeks after this new vaccine began to arrive, here's a status report on the flow of vaccine, who decides how much each vaccinator receives and how they're making those decisions.
Amid the cattails, marshlands, migratory bird paths and blue-green waters of Braddock Bay, those who live, work and play in one of the state's largest coastal wetland ecosystems see something else: economic opportunity.
The federal judge getting ready to decide whether the government is doing enough to save Columbia River salmon will have a question for its lawyers Monday: If you have plans in your hip pocket in case the fish numbers crash, why not put those plans to work now?
The green and white street signs on Seattle's historic streets are being replaced with brown signs to honor the historic Olmsted boulevards that run through Seattle.
The case of five emaciated horses found abandoned in a Pierce County forest has prompted the Humane Society of the United States to offer a $2,500 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions.
Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and others really cracked up writer Sean Daly when he was 13. Here's his list of favorite comedy recordings.
Tradition mixes with science at DEC check station on the opening of dear hunting season.
HELENA – A plan being put forward by the U.S. Forest Service calls for logging or burning 6,000 acres in the Helena National Forest that officials say have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles. The Telegraph Vegetation Project is about 15 miles from Helena and mostly on the western slope of the Continental Divide.
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The 2.1 million-acre Shasta-Trinity National Forest has gained 336 acres.Acquisitions of the acreage in Trinity County near Hyampom and Forest Glen came from a land swap and a cash purchase, forest spokesman Ray Mooney said Friday.The U.S. Forest Service purchased 160 acres "of pristine coho salmon habitat" on the South Fork of the Trinity River eight miles north of Forest Glen near Highway 36 ...
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian government will make a formal offer to Opposition politicians of a revised carbon reduction plan on Nov. 24, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said in a television interview today.
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Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
Hear the jingle in your pocket from the money you'll save when you travel by BART to the Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Look for Mr. Bartel B. Best, who will hand out discount coupons to BART riders.
Oil spills kill fish, birds and tourist reservations. So conservationists and beach businesses alike fear that just one big one from a future offshore oil platform could muck up tourism to the tune of millions of dollars.
Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary. The Grammy Award-winning singer has asked President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to... Barack Obama - Sheryl Crow - Federal government of the United States - United States - Grammy Award
After decades of denials from the owners of a Nevada mine, dangerous levels of uranium and arsenic in drinking water have been tied to a World War II-era copper mine.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are investigating Massey Energy's mountaintop removal operation at its Bee Tree Mine.
Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to shape the public perception of global warming.
Reno author David Sundstrand's second book, "Shadows of Death" (Minotaur Books, 2009; $25.95), is a nice little thriller about animal-loving gun nuts who kill animal-hunting gun nuts in the Southwest, and the Bureau of Land Management hero caught in the middle. It's a beach read.
