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Southern California deemed most polluted
Apr 30 2007 11:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles can continue being the butt of smog jokes now that it has once again topped the American Lung Association's bad air list of most polluted cities in America.
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Sumatran rhino's third birth sets record
Apr 30 2007 9:24PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A Sumatran rhino has given birth to a record-setting third calf, again raising hopes among conservationists that the critically endangered species could be on the road to recovery.
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Sumatran rhino's third birth sets record
Apr 30 2007 9:24PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A Sumatran rhino has given birth to a record-setting third calf, again raising hopes among conservationists that the critically endangered species could be on the road to recovery.
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Expedition to promote alternative fuels
Apr 30 2007 8:39PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A U.S. team plans to drive from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole later this year to demonstrate the viability of alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels, a spokesman said Monday.
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Expedition to promote alternative fuels
Apr 30 2007 8:39PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A U.S. team plans to drive from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole later this year to demonstrate the viability of alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels, a spokesman said Monday.
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Geologists study beneath Mount Baker
Apr 30 2007 7:47PM (CT)
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - More than three decades after steam bursts from Mount Baker resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Baker Lake area, geologists are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano.
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Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster
Apr 30 2007 7:34PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Arctic sea ice is melting three times faster than many scientists project, U.S. researchers reported Monday, just days ahead of the next major international report on climate change.
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Wash. gov. signs official amphibian bill
Apr 30 2007 7:11PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington now has an official amphibian _ the Pacific chorus frog _ a lighthearted addition to a growing list of "official" things that now includes a state vegetable, ship, folk song and even grass, though not the funny kind.
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Cities join anti-global warming pledge
Apr 30 2007 3:34PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - More than a dozen cities across North Carolina have joined an anti-global warming campaign led by the nation's mayors.
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Canada climate change plan is questioned
Apr 30 2007 3:25PM (CT)
OTTAWA (AP) - The head of the international body that oversees the Kyoto treaty said Monday that Canada's new climate change plan does not guarantee that greenhouse gas emissions will decrease.
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Island mobilizes to eradicate tree fern
Apr 30 2007 3:22PM (CT)
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - Kauai conservationalists and officials plan to attack the growing numbers Australian tree ferns that have invaded the heart of the island, which is pushing out native plants and endangering the area's fragile watershed.
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Malaysia to issue rules for astronaut
Apr 30 2007 3:09PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Muslim-majority Malaysia's first astronaut will get guidelines allowing flexibility in praying in zero gravity and eating space meals under Islamic rules, the country space chief said Monday.
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U.S. balks at new climate report
Apr 30 2007 2:35PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United States and China want to amend a major report by U.N.-sponsored climate researchers to play down its conclusion that quick, affordable action can limit the worst effects of global warming, according to documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.
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U.S. balks at new climate report
Apr 30 2007 2:35PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United States and China want to amend a major report by U.N.-sponsored climate researchers to play down its conclusion that quick, affordable action can limit the worst effects of global warming, according to documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.
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