If any privately owned water supply located near a gas well goes bad within six months after a gas drilling operation is completed, state law automatically assumes the problem is caused by the drilling operation. So said Bryan Swistock, water resources ex

New standards for a high school diploma in Oregon will do one of two things: push students to perform better on state assessments or dramatically drop the graduation rates for school districts across the state. Last month the Oregon Board of Education una

Save the Jewel By the Bay has done more than encourage the Town of Oyster Bay to look at zoning and building regulations in the hamlet. The work that began here is being used as a testing ground for expanding the work town-wide. The tree ordinance is in p

Alexander Pushkarev, head doctor at the 1,000-bed hospital in a Soviet-era prison nestling at the edge of Siberia, flashed a row of metal teeth with his smile.

California public schools need to improve their environmental education curriculum according to a survey of fifty-nine public schools. The survey found that the majority of the K-8th schools assessed fell short in providing their students with education a