Environment

Jackson leaves EPA to mixed reviews

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Experts call off search for life in Antarctic lake

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

College student’s turtle project takes dark twist

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Unilever to phase out ‘microplastics’ by 2015

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

SCHAEFER: U.S. should chill out on climate conferences

By Brett D. Schaefer

MARTIS AND CHRISTENSEN: Obama’s wind-production tax-credit swindle

By Kevon Martis and Tauna Christensen

GRAY: Natural gas and our Winston Churchill moment

By C. Boyden Gray

Christmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths

By Janet McConnaughey and Jim Van Anglen - Associated Press

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

By ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

Old Christmas trees: The gift that keeps on recycling

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Quake jolted Canadians from complacency

By Christopher Johnson - Special to The Washington Times

Ranchers split over U.S. border security plan

By Elliott Spagat - Associated Press

$The EPA is preparing a report on environment aspects of “fracking,” a method of drilling for natural gas and oil that has been a boon for many communities. (Associated Press)$

EPA offers hints on fracking’s future

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Feds, shuttered N.M. peanut butter plant reach deal

By Jeri Clausing - Associated Press

Annual bird counts give scientists climate clues

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI - Associated Press

DRIESSEN: Big Wind tax credit exterminates endangered species

By Paul Driessen

Deal reached to reopen NM peanut butter plant

By JERI CLAUSING - Associated Press

Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

$** FILE ** This Dec. 5, 2012, photo shows an oil pump jack in a field adjacent to a sub-division near Fredrick, Colo. Citizen fears about hydraulic fracturing, a drilling procedure used to pry oil and gas from rock deep underground, have made "fracking" the hottest political question in Colorado.$