<p>China has announced plans to induce rain in Beijing in the days before the 2008 Olympics in an effort to clean the air. Scientists are wary about the effects of the process.</p>
Apr 26, 2007 Associated Press
<p>The power company says the controversial Klamath River hydroelectric dams are a source of clean energy that does not contribute to carbon emissions. Environmentalists and fisherman believe the dams have damaged the river and threatened livelihoods.</p>
Apr 25, 2007 The New York Times
<p>New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveils ambitious sustainability plans.</p>
Apr 25, 2007 The New York Times
<p>High daytime noise levels in urban areas have caused birds to sing at night to avoid the competition. This goes against the previous thought that streetlights were confusing birds into thinking it was day.</p>
Apr 25, 2007 BBC
<p>As California tries to meet its goal of 20% renewable energy use by 2010, it faces the challenge of transporting all that renewable energy without negatively affecting the state's other natural resources.</p>
Apr 25, 2007 The Christian Science Monitor
<p>Like many of their American counterparts, Canadian municipalities aren't waiting for their federal government to act on environmental issues, and are taking some bold initiatives of their own to reduce resource consumption and pollution.</p>
Apr 25, 2007 The Vancouver Sun
<p>Munitions, toxic chemicals, and even radioactive wasts at current and former military sites in California pose a serious environmental risk. The extent and scale is unknown as sites predate environmental standards.</p>
Apr 24, 2007 The Sacramento Bee
<p>Australian farmers may soon lose access to irrigation if drought conditions don't improve -- which may prove to be the first climate-change related disaster to hit a developed nation.</p>
Apr 24, 2007 The Independent (UK)
<p>A peninsular area of land in Greenland has become an island off its coast due to rising sea levels, which scientists attribute to global warming.</p>
Apr 24, 2007 The Independent
<p>With mounting evidence that the lifestyle promoted by car-oriented suburbia can lead to increased risk of obesity, the idea of people consciously moving to a healthy-oriented, walkable neighborhood isn't so far-fetched.</p>
Apr 24, 2007 The San Francisco Chronicle
