The downpours, as welcome as they were, will not rescue the state from its historically bad drought, officials said.
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Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog Was Defanged
North Carolina regulators say that under Gov. Pat McCrory, a weakened Department of Environment and Natural Resources has abandoned its regulatory role.
Loving pets v loving animals
Roger Scruton says that loving a pet is not the same as loving wildlife or animals in general.
Loving pets v loving animals
Roger Scruton says that loving a pet is not the same as loving wildlife or animals in general.
Badger culls were ‘ineffective’
Analysis of last year’s pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire has concluded they were ineffective and inhumane, the BBC understands.
Badger culls were ‘ineffective’
Analysis of last year’s pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire has concluded they were ineffective and inhumane, the BBC understands.
Md. Senate Praised for Passage of Compromise Legislation for Maryland Dogs
The Maryland Senate unanimously passed legislation that will remedy a 2012 Court of Appeals ruling that deemed “pit bulls” to be “inherently dangerous.”
Workers at Nuclear Waste Site in New Mexico Inhaled Radioactive Materials
Thirteen night-shift workers at a burial site for nuclear weapons waste were affected, but how serious the risk was to their long-term health was uncertain.
Peter Rona, 79, Dies; Explorer Found Hot Springs on Ocean Floor
Discoveries made by Dr. Rona, a professor at Rutgers, piqued interest in deep-sea mining and the origins of life on earth.
Frolick and Yap to solve climate change?
Could developing countries’ laws fix climate change?
