31 Jul 2010
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)
AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.
31 Jul 2010 4:55am GMT
New BP boss faces up to massive Gulf oil clean-up (AFP)
AFP - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley has vowed that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase.
31 Jul 2010 3:05am GMT
Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill (AP)
AP - Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained.
31 Jul 2010 2:57am GMT
The Most Dangerous Things in a National Park (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A fatal bear attack in a Montana campground near Yellowstone National Park prompted a flurry of concerned phone calls to the park this week, but bear attacks are far from the most common danger to park visitors.
31 Jul 2010 2:15am GMT
BP to try well kill Tuesday (Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling.
31 Jul 2010 12:59am GMT
Expo shows illegal pet trade rampant in Indonesia (AP)
AP - The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant - and growing - illegal pet trade.
31 Jul 2010 12:05am GMT
30 Jul 2010
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House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
30 Jul 2010 11:16pm GMT
Area of Mars Identified as Good Place to Look for Evidence of Past Life (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A spot on Mars called Nili Fossae that is rich in clay mineral-rich rocks could be a prime spot to search for the fossilized remains of Martian life that may have existed 4 billion years ago, a new study suggests.
30 Jul 2010 10:30pm GMT
Mars Rover Spirit May Not Survive Martian Winter (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's beleaguered Mars rover Spirit, which has been hibernating on the surface of Mars since March, is facing its toughest challenge yet - the harsh conditions of the Martian winter. And the rover may lose.
30 Jul 2010 7:45pm GMT
Hunt for Life's Building Blocks in Space Gets NASA Boost (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA has issued a new grant that bolsters research into the cosmic building blocks of life by funding observations of young solar systems throughout the universe, including our own.
30 Jul 2010 6:06pm GMT
Floods ravage NW Pakistan, kill 430 people (AP)
AP - Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929.
30 Jul 2010 4:20pm GMT
The nation's weather (AP)
AP - Scattered storms were forecast to continue moving through the Central U.S., following a low pressure system in the Northern Plains on Friday.
30 Jul 2010 10:18am GMT
Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat (AP)
AP - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx.
30 Jul 2010 4:43am GMT
29 Jul 2010
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NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
29 Jul 2010 1:53am GMT
28 Jul 2010
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Scientists say global warming is continuing (AP)
AP - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.
28 Jul 2010 6:24pm GMT
EU clears six types of GM maize for animal feed (AFP)
AFP - European regulators authorised on Wednesday the import of six types of genetically-modified maize for use in animal feed after governments were deadlocked over whether to ban or approve them.
28 Jul 2010 3:01pm GMT