Environment

China poised for most ambitious space mission yet

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Hurricane Carlotta nears resorts on Mexican coast

Associated Press

$**FILE** A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site operates near Burlington, Pa. Natural gas locked in dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio requires a powerful drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to release it. (Associated Press)$

Report: Don’t worry much about quakes and fracking

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Malaysia sets 2 new rules for rare earth plant

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

ROTHBARD AND DRIESSEN: U.N.’s threat to biodiversity

By David Rothbard and Paul Driessen

Report: Don’t worry much about quakes and fracking

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Forest chief says wildfires show urgency for restoration

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

Angry Birds plans China theme park, retail outlets

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Magnitude-4.1 quake shakes Southern California

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Australia creates largest area of marine reserves

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

EPA set to tighten standards for soot pollution

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

NASA chief to see history-making SpaceX capsule

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Feds backtrack on endangered-lizard listing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Actress Lucy Lawless pleads guilty to trespass

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

NASA launches X-ray telescope into orbit

By Alicia Chang - Associated Press

White House retreats on endangered species protection for lizard

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Steven Chu is no Don Draper

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

$New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, reportedly will lift a moratorium on fracking, allowing the gas-extraction technique to be used in the southern part of the state. (Associated Press)$