Almond Growers Combat Dust Clouds
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Almonds are one of California&#39;s most valuable crops, worth $1.5 billion a year. But harvesting them comes with its own high price, an estimated 11,220 tons of dust.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 20-- -- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers told federal investigators several years ago about contaminated dirt piles around the factory that in recent months were reported as newly discovered, 32-year employee Chris Naas says.
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In one corner of drought-stricken Queensland, a community tries cloud seeding as a last resort in an effort to bring rain
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By Alex BreitlerFrom his offices in Fresno, Steve Johnson explained how cloud seeders spent one of the driest Januaries on record: &quot;We'd look at the forecast maps and pray,&quot; he said.
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While environmentalists applaud some measures, farmers are concerned about financial curbs.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  May 29--They call it the "Greensburg cough." Some workers, volunteers and residents who have been cleaning up debris from the May 4 tornado have experienced a cough and sore throat.
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GORIMAR, Afghanistan  - On a windy day, which is   every day, the grand Industrial Village for Carpet Weaver   Returnees disappears into a storm of stinging dust whipping   across this barren plain in northern Afghanistan.
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North Carolina is trying to boost the buzz surrounding the state's crops. As farmers leave tobacco and move into new crops like cucumbers, melons, and berries, the state is confronting a crisis: it simply doesn't have enough honeybees to pollinate all those flowering plants.
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The air in some parts of Southern California air is so dirty that it impedes the development of children&#39;s lungs. By the time they are 18, many children who grow up in
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CUATRO CI&#xC9;NEGAS, Mexico -- Dairy farming is endangering an ancient oasis in the Great Chihuahuan Desert that scientists say can help them understand earth's beginnings, global warming, and the chances of life on Mars.
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By Cheryl Winkelman Despite 2006's cold, wet spring and hot, sticky summer, San Joaquin County farmers experienced a pretty good year.
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As almonds surge in popularity, farm officials estimate the losses from a rash of almond heists at $1.5 million.
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HELOTES, Tex. -- The smoke comes and goes with the breeze, but some days it blankets Deanna Rodriguez's neighborhood, covering cars in grimy ash and seeping inside homes. Some days, when the wind blows from the south, her house becomes almost uninhabitable.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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JORDAN, Ontario -- It's almost midnight. Snow flurries ride down on the breath of a starless sky, and the 15-degree air pricks at bare skin. It's a perfect time, Len Pennachetti concludes, to go out in a field and pick grapes.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Jun. 19--LUCERNE VALLEY -- New regulations on greenhouse gases that were passed by the state legislature last fall created a problem for local cement plants, one they now hope to turn into a profit.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.