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Clinton, mayors form alliance on climate
Aug 1 2006 10:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former President Clinton and mayors of some of the world's largest cities announced an initiative Tuesday to combat climate change and increase energy efficiency in everything from street lights to building materials.
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Clues to 'black Paul Bunyan' found
Aug 1 2006 10:25PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Archaeologists excavating the 200-year-old graves of a slave family said Tuesday that they recovered several artifacts that could shed light on the life of a man dubbed "the black Paul Bunyan."
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Md. dams to get new pathways for eels
Aug 1 2006 7:21PM (CT)
MILLINGTON, Md. (AP) - American eels are crafty fish, able to slither up rocks and around branches in just a tiny bit of water. But it turns out they're not the strongest swimmers _ and dams throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed may be blocking their natural migration patterns and contributing to a sharp population decline.
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Oak-killing pathogen appears in Indiana
Aug 1 2006 6:49PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A tree disease that's killed hundreds of thousands of oak trees in California is now in Indiana after arriving in a shipment of shrubs from Oregon, state officials said.
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Chandeleur Islands said not rebuilding
Aug 1 2006 6:48PM (CT)
CHANDELEUR ISLANDS, La. (AP) - Last year's hurricanes did so much damage to these barrier islands in Breton Sound they may disappear altogether in the not so distant future, scientists say.
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Clean penguins return to sea after spill
Aug 1 2006 6:41PM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE DEL TUYU, Argentina (AP) - Dozens of freshly cleaned Magellanic penguins waddled into the ocean Monday to the applause of onlookers, the first batch of close to 200 goo-covered birds that were rescued and washed after an oil spill.
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Rare cloud formation seen in Antarctica
Aug 1 2006 6:35PM (CT)
HOBART, Australia (AP) - Some of the coldest temperatures on Earth brought a rare cloud formation to the skies over Antarctica, scientists said Tuesday.
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Storms keep shuttle from launch pad
Aug 1 2006 6:35PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Storms kept NASA from moving space shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad for a second day in a row.
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Georgia conference touts alternative fuels
Aug 1 2006 3:16PM (CT)
TIFTON, Ga. (AP) - About 500 farmers, scientists, engineers and politicians turned out today for the beginning of a Georgia Bio-energy Conference in Tifton.
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UK, Calif. strike global warming deal
Aug 1 2006 5:44AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an agreement Monday to bypass the Bush administration and work together to explore ways to fight global warming.
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