Cuomo Nominates Joe Martens for DEC Commissioner
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated Joe Martens to serve as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Martens, who has served as president of the non-profit group the Open...
View ArticleGas Prices: Crude Oil Tops $90
Gas prices edged up at the pump Tuesday as crude oil costs surged on the New York Mercantile Exchange, passing $90 a barrel. Benchmark oil for February delivery rose $1.80, or more than 3 percent, to...
View ArticleMeteor Sightings Puzzle Oklahomans
A blue-green meteor shot across the night sky above Oklahoma on Tuesday, prompting perplexed locals to call local police stations and report an unidentified flying object. According to KTHV of Little...
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Floods Endanger Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Floods in Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland have swamped an area the size of France and Germany combined, displacing thousands and leaving dozens missing. But the devastating deluge may have...
View ArticleSuperstorm Poses Threat to California, Scientists Say
A potential “superstorm” could dump up to 10 feet of rain on California in a catastrophic flood, scientists and emergency planners predict. Federal and California officials on Friday discussed the...
View ArticleGas Explosion Rocks Philly Neighborhood; 1 Dead
A gas explosion in Philadelphia Tuesday evening killed one person and injured five more, officials said. The unexpected blast from a gas main left three people in critical condition and forced dozens...
View ArticleBrazil Approves Huge Belo Monte Dam Construction
Brazil’s environmental agency, Ibama, on Wednesday green-lit the initial construction phase of the Belo Monte power dam, a controversial project on a tributary of the Amazon River. The agency gave the...
View ArticleChesapeake Energy Plans to Trim Debt by $5B
Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second-largest natural gas producer in the U.S., plans to sell $5 billion in assets to shrink its debt burden. The Oklahoma City-based company announced Monday that it...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing, “Fracking,” Facing Scrutiny
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a preliminary version of a plan to study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water. Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,”...
View ArticleWWF Warns About Drilling Risk in Mediterranean
Biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea could take a deadly hit if drillers rush in on recently discovered gas-rich fields, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday. The international...
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