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Biodiversity helps sustain human life, scientists say

The world has long talked about the importance of preserving the diversity of life on Earth for the sake of beauty and wonder, or in the hopes of new medical discoveries, or for moral reasons. | 06/07/12 17:41:03 By - By Renee Schoof

Unstoppable white-nose syndrome spreads to endangered gray bats

White-nose syndrome, the disease that’s killed millions of insect-eating bats, keeps getting worse. It’s made a thumb-sized bat rare in parts of New England and has spread through most of the Eastern U.S., as far west as Missouri. Now another species has it, the endangered gray bat of caves in the Southeast. | 05/29/12 14:33:29 By - By Renee Schoof

Study on BPA health effects in monkeys raises breast cancer concerns

A new study of fetal exposure to BPA, a plastic additive found in some food packaging, shows that the chemical altered the mammary gland development in monkeys. The researchers reported that the changes they observed in the monkeys reinforce concerns that BPA – bisphenol A – could contribute to breast cancer in women. | 05/07/12 17:42:37 By - By Renee Schoof

More research ahead in Alaska on new ways to extract natural gas

Will the world be tapping methane hydrates deep in the permafrost and off the edges of continents decades from now? Part of the answer will rest with research in Alaska. | 05/03/12 18:55:47 By - By Renee Schoof

Cruise-ship industry fighting EPA's cleaner-fuel rule

The EPA is requiring oceangoing ships to burn cleaner fuel, consistent with an air-pollution treaty negotiated during the Bush administration. But the cruise-ship industry is fighting to ease the rule, and it’s marshaling growing support from key lawmakers on Capitol Hill. | 05/01/12 14:50:41 By - By Renee Schoof

Obama proclaims Fort Ord National Monument on California’s Central Coast

The White House on Friday announced the creation of the Fort Ord National Monument, a stretch of grassland, oak and shrub landscape on California’s Central Coast where 1.5 million American soldiers trained before heading off to war. | 04/20/12 18:49:25 By - By Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers

EPA orders air pollution controls for fracked gas wells

Air pollution from thousands of natural gas wells that are “fracked” every year will be reduced under regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency issued on Wednesday. | 04/19/12 09:43:35 By - By Renee Schoof

Experts: Another BP-style Gulf blowout all too possible

Much more needs to be done to lower the risks of another offshore oil disaster like the BP blowout two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico, the presidential commission that investigated the disaster reported Tuesday in its first progress update. | 04/18/12 14:06:34 By - Renee Schoof

As air pollution from fracking rises, EPA to set rules

As problems grow, EPA will announce Tuesday the first national rules governing air pollution from hydraulic fracking. | 04/16/12 18:02:37 By - Renee Schoof

Crazy warm March across U.S. shatters records

The weird warmth of March brought out the tank tops and shorts in many parts of the country. In fact, it was the warmest March on record for the lower 48 states dating back to when records began in 1895. | 04/12/12 17:34:00 By - Renee Schoof

EPA climate proposal could limit coal's future, at least in U.S.

The Obama administration's proposal this week to put the first limits on greenhouse gases from new power plants probably will mean that no new coal-fired U.S. plants will be built after this year, but that won't slash coal use anytime soon. | 03/29/12 15:05:00 By - Renee Schoof

EPA announces historic rule to limit climate pollution from new power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency took a historic step on Tuesday in the fight against climate change, proposing the first limits of greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. | 03/27/12 17:49:00 By - Renee Schoof

U.S. intelligence: Looming water woes will add to global instability

Floods and water shortages in the next 30 years will make it hard for many countries to keep up with growing demand for fresh water, particularly in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, the U.S. intelligence community reported Thursday. | 03/22/12 15:18:00 By - Renee Schoof

As natural gas production grows, questions arise about methane leaks

As natural gas production in the United States hits an all-time high, a major unanswered question looms: What does growing hydraulic fracturing mean for climate change? | 03/18/12 15:02:00 By - Renee Schoof

After a warm winter, flood threat down in much of U.S.

After an unusually warm winter with low snowfall in much of the United States, no part of the country faces a high risk of flooding this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday in its annual forecast of floods, droughts and spring temperatures. | 03/15/12 18:29:00 By - Renee Schoof

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