Environment


Los Angeles Daily News, 24.04.13 01:30 UTC

Los Angeles to end use of coal by 2025

In a major step toward ending the city's reliance on coal by 2025, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a far-reaching plan to amend its agreement with the Intermountain Power Project in ...


Seattle Times, 24.04.13 00:34 UTC

USDA: Lion cage where intern died worked properly

The enclosures at a Central California wild animal park where a lion killed an intern were working properly at the time of her death, federal officials said.


BBC Business, 24.04.13 00:11 UTC

UK CO2 emissions rising, government advisers warn

A new report has laid bare the UK's pretensions to have cut greenhouse gas emissions over recent years.


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:11 UTC

2 Hanford Reach plants gain protection

Two plants that only grow in the area of the Hanford Reach National Monument have been listed as endangered species.


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 18:55 UTC

Nevada quake lab has new $4M research project

The University of Nevada's world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof.


NPR, 23.04.13 18:45 UTC

Want To Forage In Your City? There's A Map For That

If you really love your peaches and want to shake a tree, there's a map to help you find one. That goes for veggies, nuts, berries and hundreds of other edible plant species, too. Avid foragers Caleb ...