PHOENIX – The Food and Drug Administration is facing a lawsuit because it continues to allow arsenic in animal feed given to chickens, turkeys and hogs. The suit was filed on behalf of a handful of advocacy groups, including the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Dr. David Walling ...Read More

DURANGO, Colo. – On Thursday, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, the new visitor center was dedicated at Mesa Verde National Park – and some folks in attendance noticed a distinct haze on the skyline. That's one side effect of oil and gas drilling in the area, and a group of fo ...Read More

KANAB, Utah – Memorial Day is the start of what's expected to be another busy summer for the National Park Service. And even when park rangers hang up their ranger hats, they don't leave behind their passion for protecting their turf. Some have organized to keep an eye on energy development ...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. – This is a story about the wind and the whale. Virginia's Offshore Wind Development Authority met in Richmond this week to talk about advancing wind energy production off the state's coast. Justin Allegro, who manages the National Wildlife Federation’s Renewable Energy ...Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. – With the expansion of frac sand mining in Minnesota and Wisconsin, elected officials are being urged to weigh the pros with the cons before making a decision on proposed projects. Thomas Power, professor emeritus in economics at the University of Montana, has long researche ...Read More

DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. – Members of the New Mexico Hispanic community are expressing their appreciation for the national monuments honoring César Chávez and protecting Rio Grande del Norte, and they'd like the same status awarded to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region. Once ...Read More

A gruesome secret hides in the waters off the California coast: mile-long nets that sit in the ocean like invisible walls. Fishermen use these drift gillnets to catch swordfish and thresher sharks, but Ashley Blacow, Pacific policy and communications manager for Oceana, said they also catch other c ...Read More

RALEIGH, NC - The budget proposed by the state Senate prompted an emergency meeting of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission this week. The agency faces more than $9 million in state funding cuts, which amounts to 49 percent of its current budget. The commission's executive director, Go ...Read More