Environment

After record hot summer, get ready for winter

September 13, 2011 By Susan Webb

This summer has been the second hottest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week. And there's more.

EPA to hire the unemployed in Michigan

September 8, 2011 By John Case

The program will specifically target Michigan's youth - who suffer nearly 50 percent unemployment rates in Detroit.

Hundreds arrested in pro-environment civil disobedience

September 7, 2011 By Dan Margolis

The demonstration is the longest sustained civil disobedience action since the civil rights movement and the largest since 1977.

With walruses on thin ice, Shell pursues Arctic drilling

September 2, 2011 By Blake Skylar

As global warming threatens the wellbeing of Alaskan walruses, the government has exacerbated the issue.

East Africa facing drought induced famine

September 1, 2011 By Brian McAfee

Expected rains have failed to arrive for successive seasons in and around Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, causing severe shortages of food and water for millions of people.