Denmark Targets Consumer Behavior In Campaign To Reduce Food Waste
In the last few years, Denmark has become the world champion in reducing the amount of food that lands in the garbage.
Environment
EPA Says Volkswagen Dodged Clean Air Rules With Emissions Software
The Environmental Protection Agency is accusing Volkswagen of intentionally dodging clean air rules on nearly half a million vehicles in the U.S. The EPA says Volkswagen installed software called a "defeat device" that only runs full pollution controls during official emissions testing. Under normal driving conditions, the vehicles emit nitrogen oxides at up to 40 times allowable levels, according to the EPA.
Faced With Spate Of Tremors, Oklahoma Looks To Shake Up Its Oil Regulations
Oklahoma set a state record last year with more than 5,000 earthquakes. This year, the state is poised to have even more. Now oil and gas regulators have taken notice and are working to curb them.
Drought-Stricken California Prepares For Strong El Niño Winter
In parched California, water managers and emergency management officials are preparing to move from one extreme to another with predictions of a "too big to fail" El Niño winter ahead.
Rare Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Ashore In Southern California
A yellow-bellied sea snake washed ashore in Ventura County, Calif., Friday. It's the first reported sighting of the species in Southern California since 1983. Now it's joining the collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
With Abandoned Gas Wells, States Are Left With The Cleanup Bill
The bust of the coal-bed methane industry has left Wyoming responsible for the exorbitant cost of plugging thousands of wells. The price tag for dealing with deep oil and gas wells may be even higher.
Conservationists Push For A National Undersea Monument
Conservationists want a large swath of ocean off of Cape Cod to be declared a national monument. Fishing groups oppose the plan, which would make Cashes Ledge and other fishing areas off limits.
Who 'Owns' The Beach? In Daytona, Cars, Turtles And Hotels Duke It Out
Residents in Florida's Daytona Beach are going to court to protect what they consider a fundamental right: the freedom to drive their cars and trucks on the beach.
U.S. Backs Away From Offshore Arctic Drilling
The Department of the Interior announced that it is canceling scheduled lease sales of land in the Arctic Ocean. It also won't extend existing leases held by Shell and Statoil.
University Of Vermont's Ban On Bottled Water Backfires
The University of Vermont banned the sale of bottled water on its campus in 2013 to cut down on single-use bottles in the waste stream. But the number of plastic, single-use bottles being shipped to campus went up, and students ended up using more single-use bottles and drinking less healthy beverages out of them. Now the university is trying to figure out how to balance sustainability and nutrition in on-campus beverage sales.