NOAA will give high priority to an investigation into the large numbers of baby dolphin deaths along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts, an official told the Sun Herald on...
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Food costs will increase 4% in 2011, USDA says in raising its projection
Food costs will rise as much as 4% this year, more than the 2% to 3% estimated last month, after a surge in prices for farm goods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said...
Ag Secretary Vilsack: U.S. has 'foot on the gas' on ethanol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States "can do it all" -- turn more corn into ethanol without running short of food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on...
With prospects for national cap and trade program dead, state climate laws under siege
All weekend, the robo-calls came in. “There is a bill in the New Hampshire House to lower your electric bill. RGGI takes money from you and me and gives it to Big...
Saudi Arabia's move to keep oil flowing brings crude prices down
Crude oil prices pulled back from highs not seen since 2008 as leaders from Saudi Arabia to the White House offered fresh assurances that the world wouldn't run short...
Venezuela: US, allies fomenting Libya's violence to get oil reserves
Venezuela's top diplomat on Thursday echoed Fidel Castro's accusation that Washington and its allies are fomenting unrest in Libya to justify an invasion to...
GlassPoint Solar uses the sun's heat to extract oil
The solar industry is usually on the oil industry’s case -- sniping about dirty energy and whatnot -- but the two sides came together Thursday in an unlikely alliance....
Slim pickings for climate science critics in Commerce Department Inspector General report
Senator James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican and the dean of congressional naysayers on the need for action on climate and energy, appeared to come up empty-handed...
First Solar on the hunt for new markets
Hunting for new markets has become a priority for First Solar, company executives noted in its earnings report on Thursday, and also sounded a cautious note about outlook...
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