Nature and the Environment

Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump

Monsanto installs water management system at leaking Idaho mine dump cited by EPA. Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.
 

Wyoming challenges Yellowstone snowmobile rules

Wyoming files new lawsuit challenging Yellowstone snowmobile rules. The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.
 

Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells

Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.
 

Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells

Northeast Pa. residents sue Houston-based natural gas driller over polluted water wells. Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.
 

Officials: Man tied 15 lizards to chest at airport

Authorities say man who fastened 15 lizards to chest caught at Los Angeles airport customs. Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
 

Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport

Authorities say man who fastened lizards to chest caught at Los Angeles airport customs. Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
 

Memphis sinks Tennessee Tech 92-59

Williams scores 23, Mack 20 to lead Memphis in 92-59 rout of Tennessee Tech. Elliot Williams scored 23 points and Doneal Mack added 20 in leading Memphis to a 92-59 victory over Tennessee Tech on Friday night.
 

Idaho boy kills bear that wouldn't leave porch

11-year-old boy from Idaho kills black bear that wouldn't leave his family's porch. An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family's front porch after he said it wouldn't leave.
 

Frontier refinery plans to fight $6.8M EPA fine

Frontier Oil plans to fight $6.8 million EPA fine at Wyoming refinery. A Wyoming refinery says it plans to fight the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's nearly $7 million fine levied in late September for allegedly dumping hazardous waste into a pond designed to hold storm water.
 

Mexico plans big Gulf tourism center near Texas

Mexico announces plan for big Gulf tourism center near Texas border. Mexico is planning a big new tourism center near the U.S. border along the Gulf of Mexico.
 

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

Hawaii's beaches are shrinking; scientists say the trend will accelerate with global warming. Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.
 

UN 'Hunger Summit' opens in Rome

A UN summit on the plight of the planet's one billion hungry opens here Monday, with activists warning it risks being a waste of time as leaders of the world's wealthiest nations are to be conspicuous by their absence.
 

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

Jellyfish spread in world's oceans, devastating fisheries, stinging millions; warming blamed. A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.
 

Pests on move worldwide as climate warms

A look at how climate change is spreading pests around the globe. A look at some other pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming:
 

Obama: US, China must cooperate on global issues

Obama says US, China must cooperate to solve global challenges, including climate change. President Barack Obama says there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the U.S. and China cooperate.
 

UN 'Hunger Summit' opens in Rome

A UN summit on the plight of the planet's one billion hungry opens here Monday, with activists warning it risks being a waste of time as leaders of the world's wealthiest nations are to be conspicuous by their absence.
 

Obama takes to the Web to talk to China

US President Barack Obama will try Monday to break out of the official constraints of his maiden state visit to China and seek to talk directly to Chinese people in a live dialogue via the Internet.
 

Obama takes to the Web to talk to China

US President Barack Obama will try Monday to break out of the official constraints of his maiden state visit to China and seek to talk directly to Chinese people in a live dialogue via the Internet.
 

Obama hails China, Taiwan ties, talks on 'rights'

US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy.
 

Australia farmers see carbon credits boosting output

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's grain production stands to get a boost following changes to the country's proposed carbon-emissions trading scheme announced at the weekend.