1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (854+ words) A decade ago, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, motivated by fears that increasing volumes of toxic fracking waste could pose risks to the environment and public health. That study…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (689+ words) An early-season heat wave is descending across the Western United States, likely to bring record-shattering temperatures to much of the region." Temperatures already climbed into the 90s on Thursday in states such as Arizona and California and are expected to peak…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago  (994+ words) When Gary Dirks arrived in China in 1995, the country's government was looking to source more of its energy at home. Dirks was the incoming country head for BP, but efforts to find more oil and gas in the country had…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (659+ words) In the world's waters, fish are making a quiet, biological retreat. The once simple rules of the ocean'grow larger than potential predators'are being rewritten as temperatures reach record highs. Desperate to survive, fish are hitting the fast-forward button on life…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (821+ words) California dairies are out of balance. Everyone from environmentalists to regulators to the industry agrees that the nitrogen from milk cow manure is ending up where it can pose a health threat. Excess nitrogen from dairies turns into excess nitrate…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (591+ words) It has erased previous red lines about attacking energy infrastructure, civilian infrastructure, and then the final red line of attacking desalination infrastructure," Michael Christopher Low, director of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, said of the Iran…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1169+ words) SOUTH PORTLAND'It's one of Maine's most desirable locations'home to a vibrant and diverse community, nearby beaches, and close proximity to Portland's downtown. But for years, residents in South Portland have wondered: With 120 massive petroleum storage tanks dotting the shore and…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (880+ words) After months of intense drought conditions, Kenya was inundated by rain late last week, triggering severe flooding that killed more than 40 people. In the country's capital city, Nairobi, a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours. Intense storms are fairly…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (844+ words) The honey-colored Florida panther inhabits the southwest corner of the state, mostly occupying a remote swath of cypress swamps, sawgrass prairies and other natural and agricultural lands that constitute less than 5 percent of the large feline's historic range. Recent research…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1418+ words) Stacey Greer started filling and dating gallon-sized jugs with tap water last summer, when her village of Cadiz, Ohio, just over an hour west of Pittsburgh, issued a boil water advisory that lasted for over a month. A glass of…...