Search results

Fire Near L.A. Claims 18 Homes and Two Firefighters

"The giant fire in Angeles National Forest continued its slow-motion rampage through the mountains Sunday, causing the deaths of two firefighters as it bore down on the semirural community of Acton and threatened to overrun Mt. Wilson."
Source: LA Times, 08/31/2009

"Northrop To Clean Up Calif. Water At Superfund Site"

"Northrop Grumman Corp on Thursday reached a settlement with U.S. environmental regulators that requires the aerospace giant to spend about $21 million to clean up groundwater pollution dating from World War II manufacturing through the 1980s."
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2009

"Steamy Heat More Common In California: Study"

"Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more frequent and intense due to ocean patterns altered by climate change, scientists said in a study released on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2009

"Europe's Saharan Power Plan: Miracle Or Mirage?"

"A $774 billion plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north African countries with weak rule of law."
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2009

"Mice Morphing at Warp Speed"

"Evolution takes place over long stretches of time: millennia and epochs. But some new research shows that animals might be changing much faster than nearly anyone thought. ... Those changes ... seem to be linked to humans."
Source: Environment Report, 08/28/2009

Pages