Image from Thomas Roche "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," seems to be the Bush administration's running mantra -- especially as it relates to environmental issues. After seeing its previous attempt to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list thwarted by the last minute interjection of a Montanan federal judge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to push back by ...

You can't make up stuff this good. Mortgage derivatives are down the tubes, making easy money scarce. Not to worry. US and Canadian coal mines are a hot commodity for Indian buyers who might benefit from the guidance of skilled bankers and investment analysts.

Faced with an imminent coal shortage of around 200 million tonnes by the end of the 11th Plan, International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL) - the 5 PSU member SPV- is now scouting for coal assets, properties and mine takeovers in US, Canada and Indonesia. A delegation consisting of the Union minister of state for coal, Santosh Bagrodia and Coal India chairman, Partha S. Bhattacharya wa...

photo: Greg Peterson The millions of Monarch butterflies that migrate through Michigan's Upper Peninsula en route to Mexico every year can thank Marquette teens and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) youth for their future survival. As part of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in Marquette they are protecting these and other pollinators dying across the world, especially in the Midwest, with Colony Collapse Disorder. Check out how these teens reached out to help our critical pollinators survive....

If there’s one thing that clean diesel has been lacking, it’s a catchy jingle. When you idly think of McDonald’s, what comes to mind? “Bah da da da da, I’m lovin’ it,” perhaps? Now, what about clean diesel? Well, if you happen to live in the UK, it might be “Hate Something, Change Something.” The jingle is sung by renowned author and radio personality

Photo via sirtrentalot at flickr Hibernating bats in Havran, near Turkey's Aegean coast, can rest easy this winter, thanks to a decision by local authorities to hold off on pumping water into a nearby dam reservoir, an action that would have flooded their cave. One cave near newly completed Havran Dam is thought to hold 15,000 to 20,000 bats of eight or nine different species, the second largest colony in Turkey. According to a 2005 paper in the journal Zoology in the Middle East, "the species richness and the colony sizes qualify the site as an Important Mammal Area and woul...