Daily U.S. News & World Happenings
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is trying to figure out how over 1,000 blackbirds just fell out the sky, dead, on Friday. About 11:30 pm, police officers started getting reports of dead birds. In a matter of just a few hours, over a thousand birds had fallen from the sky. The birds are spread [...]
An explosion at a waste water management site just south of Chicago has sent one to one and half million gallons of sledge flowing into the Kankakee River. The incident is under investigation as authorities try to determine what the cause of the explosion was. Initial reports are that the methane gas that is used [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that during this next year, they will work to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries and power plants. They will also start announcing plans on how that will happen. This was a result of a lawsuit against the EPA. Eleven states, the District of Columbia and New [...]
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has been analyzing water in many cities and has just released their findings. Many cities seem to have hexavalent chromium in their water. Many of us were made aware of this contamination in the movie “Erin Brockovich.” Out of all the cities tested, 89% showed signs of hexavalent chromium. There [...]
Hopefully the skies will cooperate because on Monday night a lunar eclipse can be seen throughout North and Central America. A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes behind the sun and the rays from the sun are blocked from striking the moon. It can only occur when there is a full moon. Unlike a [...]
Determining the impact global warming has on the environment is a tough one. Experts know there is a significant impact on the planet, especially in the glaciers in Antarctica. Up until recently, calculating the severity of the impact has been very tough to measure. Traditionally, scientists have studied places such as Antarctica from space using [...]
The plans are in place to make the West Coast a big exporter of coal to Asia, specifically China. Although the plans to open the first major coal export facility have been delayed pending an appeal. The U.S. along with the whole world are trying hard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so taking them from [...]
After two weeks of intense negotiating, an agreement has been reached at the Cancun climate change conference. Some still think that the agreement fell short of what needed to happen to keep from having a dangerous climate change in decades to come. However, everyone agreed that at least groundwork has been laid to start the [...]
The climate control talks taking place in Cancun, Mexico are quickly coming to an end. The summit meeting is 12 days long and ends on December 10, yet there are still decisions to be made. The Kyoto Protocol, which is a legally binding agreement among some of the developed nations to cap emissions, is set [...]
Representatives from 194 nations have spent the last week talking about ways to control global warming. They will continue on for another week as they make decisions to benefit the environment and try to create ways to fund the poorer countries do the same. Many are worried about a repeat of last year, when in [...]
The half time show at the Super Bowl is always one highly anticipated by attendees as well as viewers from home. We've seen some star studded lineups over the … [Read More...]
On SirusXM radio, Jennifer Lopez was asked if she had favorites and she said that she did. She did not name any names, but she said it's been fun to watch them … [Read More...]
Obesity comes with so many risk factors, one being heart problems. There is a connection between obesity and cardiovascular disease, but it's not fully … [Read More...]
Vitamin Water can keep you from getting the flu. That's the claim anyways, and the National Consumers League has taken the complaint to the Federal Trade … [Read More...]
