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Terrebonne says floodgates ready for storm season

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:20:04 -0400

HOUMA, Louisiana - Local levee officials say two new floodgates in Terrebonne Parish are ready for any threat during the coming hurricane season.

Brown trustees want 'robust response' on climate

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:12:02 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Members of Brown University's governing body have asked the school to develop a "robust response" to climate change but taken no action on a recommendation that it divest from coal companies.

Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:22 -0400

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania - In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent were in favor of divestment.

Pump station upgraded for hurricane season

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:04 -0400

HOUMA, Louisiana - Officials say newly upgraded pump stations throughout Terrebonne Parish are ready to take on the impending hurricane season.

Hurricane Sandy showed importance of heeding evacuation...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:57 -0400

By LEE BOWMAN - Even as Americans marvel at the survival of so many in the Oklahoma tornadoes and forecasters predict a worse-than-average Atlantic hurricane season in the months ahead, a new analysis of deaths during last October's Hurricane Sandy underscores the need to heed evacuation warnings.

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:43 -0400

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say.

Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:52:59 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A dispute over greenhouse gases from oil and gas drilling will head to federal court in Montana as attorneys for the government and the industry face off against environmentalists who say too little is being done to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change.

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:13 -0400

GRANTS PASS, Oregon - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.

Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:16:42 -0400

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Gov. Jerry Brown warned scientists and policymakers Thursday that they are losing the war on climate change and urged them to become advocates for the planet.

1-3 tropical cyclones expected for central Pacific

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:10:14 -0400

HONOLULU - It's looking like it'll be a below-normal hurricane season for the central Pacific.

Medical University sponsors hurricane event

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:06:12 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - The Medical University of South Carolina wants to make sure Charleston-area residents are ready for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:14 -0400

Editorials from Oregon newspapers

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17:46 -0400

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:

Time to stock up on hurricane items

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:06 -0400

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday.

ND has coldest April on record; SD 2nd coldest

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:59:21 -0400

FARGO, North Dakota - The National Climatic Data Center says April this year was the coldest on record for the state of North Dakota.

Canada PM on pipeline plan: Oil to come anyway

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05:59 -0400

NEW YORK - A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another.

Forest Service dedicating new lab in Juneau

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:05:26 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Forest Service is dedicating its new forestry sciences laboratory in Juneau this weekend.

Tropical Storm Alvin strengthening in the Pacific

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:52:17 -0400

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Alvin, the first named storm of the east Pacific hurricane season is gradually strengthening off the coast of Mexico.

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:29 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears.

Gonzales pump station expansion nearly complete

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:05:23 -0400

GONZALES, Louisiana - Expansion of a key pump station that drains a large swath of East Ascension is getting the final touches and will be ready when hurricane season starts June 1.

Appeals court dismisses greenhouse gases lawsuit

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:38:07 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property.

West Virginia editorial roundup

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:38 -0400

Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers:

Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:29:42 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

Plans to export US natural gas stir debate

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:50:03 -0400

WASHINGTON - A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking.

Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:28:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.