PORTLAND, Ore. - Birds are feeling the negative effects of a warming climate, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and they are having trouble adapting. In Oregon, that means the marbled murrelets on the coast, sage grouse in the eastern Oregon desert, and world-cla ...Read More

NEW YORK CITY - The 2013 legislative session is nearing its end in Albany, but Environmental Advocates of New York is holding out hope that several environmental measures will make it to the Senate floor for a vote. Deputy Director David Gahl said there is legislation concerning hydrofracturing, cli ...Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. - What started last year as a pilot program to bring fresh local food to child-care centers in Minnesota now has expanded to include more than five dozen sites. Farm to Childcare is an initiative between the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and New Horizon Academy. Cara Jo ...Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - Groups such as the National Farmers Union, American Farm Bureau Federation and conservation groups usually don't see eye to eye on conservation issues, but they do agree on an amendment being offered to the farm bill in the U.S. House of Representatives this week. The Crop Insura ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. - Migratory birds are having a harder time finding homes in Michigan and across the nation, and a new report points to a changing climate as the reason. The National Wildlife Federation report calls for urgent action to adopt conservation strategies. Loss of critical habitat is the ...Read More

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The next farm bill is expected to be voted on in the U.S. House this week, after already winning approval in the Senate. There are big changes, as funding for many programs is being scaled back or eliminated, so stretching every dollar has become the focus of an amendment suppor ...Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Global warming is turning up the heat on national security, according to the Pentagon. Factors that military strategists now must consider include global food and water scarcity. These can lead to populations migrating, with all the potential conflicts that could create. Accor ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia citizen groups say they're helping landowners prepare for potential air and water contamination from Marcellus natural gas drilling. Doddridge County landowner Christina Woods works with her local watershed association and with West Virginia Host Farms, a group that ...Read More