Environment

Latest Stories

A woman cries for her four children, whom she lost in a landslide in Bududa, Uganda, on Tuesday, June 27, 2012. Massive mudslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of the country's east, killing scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

Ugandan village digs through mudslide; 100 missing

Associated Press

Va. challenge to EPA’s findings on greenhouse gas rejected

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this 2012 file photo, female North Korean soldiers water a cornfield in Kohyon-ri, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Both Koreas suffering worst drought in a century

Associated Press

Famed Galapagos tortoise to be embalmed, displayed

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson gives an interview to The Associated Press at the agency's headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Associated Press)

Federal court upholds EPA’s global warming rules

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 2011, file photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. An internal investigation has concluded that Jaczko, the departing chairman of the NRC, engaged in bullying and intimidation, creating a tense working environment at the agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Report: Nuclear safety chief bullied workers

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Jeff Corum Jr. stands in the charred ruins of his father's house on Kings Canyon Road in Bellvue, Colo., on Monday, June 25, 2012, after authorities allowed residents to return home. The Corum home was destroyed in the High Park wildfire, burning near Fort Collins. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)

Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires

By Thomas Peipert - Associated Press

Famed Galapagos tortoise autopsied

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

$**FILE** Protesters rally June 20, 2012, against hydrofracking as the legislative session winds down at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. A coalition of 100 environmental, health and community groups called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject any demonstration project for shale gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." (Associated Press)$

Researchers point to risks if New York OKs fracking

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A home lifted from its foundation sits next to a flooded yard in St. Pete Beach, Fla., on Monday. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a statewide emergency as an estimated 35,000 homes and businesses have lost electricity due to the slow-moving storm. (Tampa Bay Times photographs via Associated Press)

Sluggish storm leaves Fla. reeling

By Tamara Lush and Brendan Farrington - Associated Press

** FILE ** A North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, which was launched unsuccessfully on Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

S. Korean official: No talks in sight with the North

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Wildfires burn west of Colorado Springs, Colo. on Sunday, June 24, 2012, as the sun sets. (AP Photo/Colorado Springs Gazette, Susannah Kay)

Wildfires spread to Colorado tourist centers

By Thomas Peipert - Associated Press

High winds and a high tide combine to strike at the main street of Cedar Key, Fla., as Tropical Storm Debby makes its way across the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Tropical Storm Debby soaks Florida; governor declares statewide emergency

By Brendan Farrington and Tamara Lush - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image taken on Saturday, June 23, 2012, shows shower and thunderstorm activity developing around an area of low pressure spinning in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Wary Gulf Coast watching Tropical Storm Debby

By Cain Burdeau - Associated Press

Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Maryland continues cleanup after Friday’s storm

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this image made from the monitor at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang celebrate aboard the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft after a successful manual docking between the spacecraft and the Tiangong-1 lab module on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Beijing Aerospace Control Center via Xinhua)

Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module

Associated Press

Famed Galapagos tortoise dies

Associated Press

Sea rise faster on East Coast than rest of globe

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

The evening sky glows orange with smoke and flames as the Waldo Canyon Fire rages west of the Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Saturday, June 23, 2012. ( AP Photo/Bryan Oller)

Colo. town evacuated as growing wildfire nears

By Thomas Peipert - Associated Press