Environment
Latest Stories

0dd4d81dd585270c500f6a7067009d3c.jpg
John Sebolt poses for a portrait during a joint rally for raising minimum wage and reacting to climate change, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, outside of the office of Congressman Fred Upton on South Kalamazoo Mall in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Junfu Han) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

fdc585fad461220c500f6a7067009142.jpg
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signs a bill into law on the back of dairy farmer Seth Gardner, Tuesday April 1, 2014, in East Montpelier, Vt. The new law expands Vermont's "net metering" program, making it easier for small electricity producers to sell their power back to the power grid. Gardiner said that during most months his 100 kilowatt solar project, at rear, produces enough power for his farm. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

eb93263ed09f100c500f6a7067005875.jpg
A newly constructed cross is shown Monday, March 31, 2014, at the edge of floodwaters next to the home of Don and Elaine Young near Darrington, Wash. The home sits just out of the debris field of the the massive mudslide that hit the nearby community of Oso,Wash. on March 22, 2014, but the property was affected by floodwaters from the baked up Stillaguamish River. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

b39ce260d3c41f0c500f6a7067003b7e.jpg
This undated image released by Animal Planet shows retired Chinese professional basketball player Yao Ming with a baby elephant. Ming sets off to help save Africa's elephants and rhinos from extinction by changing a 1,000-year-old Chinese tradition and ending the trade of illegal ivory and rhino horn in his native China in an Animal Planet special airing in the fall. (AP Photo/Animal Planet)