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San Francisco — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.
East Lansing — Michigan State University has planted the first of six plots of poplar trees as part of an initiative to generate power from renewable sources.
Stockholm — The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its lowest emissions since the mid-1990s, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
No statistics are available on natural burials, but 'there's definitely a move afoot,' said Joe Sehee, founder of the Green Burial Council.
Columbus, Ohio -- Toxic blue-green algae killing fish in a central Ohio park system's 10-acre pond can hopefully be held in check with the help of wind power, parks officials said.
Reno, Nev. — A scathing independent scientific review of wild horse roundups in the West concludes the U.S. government should likely instead let nature cull the herds.
Chassell — The waters around northern Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula have 1.5 million more walleye than they did a few days ago.
Norman, Okla. — The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.
East Bay Township, Mich. — Federal wildlife workers will go after one of the Great Lakes' greatest invasive pests this week when they poison the larvae of sea lamprey in a stream feeding Lake Michigan.
In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations as ocean temperatures rise, according to scientists.
Moscow — A perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with liquid blood has been found on a remote Arctic island, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal, Russian scientists said Thursday.
Washington — Astronomers getting their first close-up glimpse of a giant asteroid about to whiz by Earth found a surprise bonus rock. A smaller moon asteroid is circling the larger space rock, an unusual but not unheard of space phenomenon.
Los Angeles — Ever let out a groan, bang your fist or scratch your head in frustration when life didn't go your way? Maybe you were forced to wait in line for a restaurant table, or you raced to the movie theater and found the show sold out.
Los Angeles — Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would be bombarded with as much cosmic radiation as they'd get from a full-body CT scan about once a week for a year, researchers reported Thursday.
Los Angeles — Given the short half-life of DNA, we may never have a Jurassic Park — but could we one day boast of an Ice Age Garden?
Moscow — A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where the new crew ...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — An asteroid more than 11/2 miles long will zoom past Earth this week from a far-off distance.
Miami — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from ...
Detroit — New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials.
College Park, Md. — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.
Grants Pass, Ore. — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, ...
Quincy, Mass. — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help ...
Detroit — New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials.
Los Angeles — It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted ...
Los Angeles — Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists ...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — NASA says an impromptu spacewalk seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station.
New York — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such ...
Boise, Idaho— A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high- ...
Moscow — A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the ...
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