...peak. "For the past million years we've never seen 390. You have to wonder what that's going to do," said physicist John Barnes, the observatory director. One leading atmospheric scientist, Stephen Schneider, sees "coin-flip odds for serious...By: John Heilprin|Date: Nov 23, 2009

Development officials say almost half the world's population lacks modern fuels to cook or heat or any electricity, and insist negotiators must address that "energy poverty" as part of any global climate pact next month in Denmark.By: John Heilprin|Date: Nov 23, 2009

...guilty and faces five years in prison if convicted. Suu Kyi is being detained at the compound surrounding Insein Prison, where 53-year-old John William Yettaw of Falcon, Mo., the intruder who is charged with trespassing, also is being held.By: John Heilprin|Date: Jul 4, 2009

WASHINGTON -- President Bush will not relent in his defense of John Bolton, his nominee for UN ambassador, despite unwavering opposition from Democrats who view Bolton as too combative for international...By: John Heilprin|Date: Nov 13, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Interior Department adopted a new code of scientific conduct for research done by staff, consultants, and contractors yesterday after a controversy over biologists who falsified data in a study of the reclusive Canada lynx.

The code was developed by a panel of scientists and ethicists to ensure the department's research and analysis meet the highest standards of the scientific community and guidelines set by the Clinton White House in December 2000, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said.

By: John Heilprin, Associated Press|Date: May 31, 2003

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court threw out a contempt ruling yesterday against Interior Secretary Gale Norton, saying she cannot be held accountable for her predecessors' mis-management of a multibillion-dollar trust fund for American Indians.

The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia also ruled unanimously that Norton's conduct did not constitute fraud. In issuing contempt citations in September against Norton and the assistant secretary for Indian affairs, Neal A. McCaleb, US District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that by their actions they had defrauded his court.

By: John Heilprin, Associated Press|Date: Jul 19, 2003