House Committee approves bill to overhaul EPA Science Advisory Board

JunkScience helped get this reform started. The bill requires disclosure of agency grants to Science Advisory Board members and other reforms.

Spring set to arrive with a burst of birds, bees and blossoms | Environment | The Observer

After weeks of bitter cold, experts fear that tens of thousands of migrant species may have already perished on Britain's shores

Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies | Environment | The Observer

Both of Africa's staple crops, maize and sorghum, are expected to be badly hit by increasing severity of weather.

State's farm incomes surged in 2012 | StarTribune.com

Minnesota’s crop farmers posted their best year in decades in 2012, dodging a nationwide drought with a near-perfect combination: a big harvest and high grain prices.

Median incomes surged 50 percent from the previous year, according to an annual report released Thursday by the state’s two big university systems.