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

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

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Environmental groups again find themselves on the opposite side from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear over how to regulate coal-fired power plants. Beshear wants the EPA to reconsider regulations that would force the plants to adhere to the same emission standards as plants that burn nat ...Read More

CONCORD, N.H. - Experts are forecasting an "above average" year when it comes to hurricanes. They also say global warming makes the outlook in years ahead troubling. However, they add, there is still time to slow the current trend toward more severe weather. Juliette Rooney-Varga, director, Climat ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - People living in the area of an injection disposal well operating without a current permit in Fayette County say it may be endangering their water. The waste fluid comes from natural gas fracking. Beth Little, a member of the West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, lives abou ...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. - After a catastrophic and costly Atlantic hurricane season last year, there are fears that East Coast states will face even more extreme weather fueled by climate change this year. Scientists say Virginia is vulnerable, and the state's population and infrastructure are at greater ris ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Observers of corporate bankruptcies say the ruling in the Patriot Coal case will open the door to other corporations that want to shed retiree obligations. In a controversial decision Wednesday, a bankruptcy judge in Missouri ruled that the coal company could slash health ...Read More