Environment

Venus takes center stage in upcoming rare sky show

By ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

Warming gas levels hit ‘troubling milestone’

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Russian jet’s flight recorder found in Indonesia

Associated Press

Gila wildfire becomes largest in N.M. history

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

EDITORIAL: A climate of hypocrisy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Leases issued don’t equal energy produced

The Washington Times

Angry Birds spread their wings beyond gaming world

By DAVID MacDOUGALL - Associated Press

Fire largest in New Mexico history

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

15 reported dead in Italy in 5.8-magnitude quake

By Colleen Barry and Luca Bruno - Associated Press

SINGER: Romney’s historic opportunity

By S. Fred Singer

Romney ‘answers call’ on energy in Colorado

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

At least 15 killed in Italian earthquake

By Colleen Barry and Luca Bruno - Associated Press

Weather service money shifting problems hit agency

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Back-to-back asteroids harmlessly fly past Earth

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Actor Peter Dinklage goes to bat for farm animals

By SUE MANNING - Associated Press

N. Korean drought likely to threaten food supply

Associated Press

HORVATH: Cheap and clean energy

By Skip Horvath

Homecoming buzz: short-haired bees return to UK

By MEERA SELVA - Associated Press

Smog a daunting hazard at Sequoia National Park

By Tracie Cone Associated Press - The Washington Times

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