AP - A federal appeals court Friday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from easing clean air rules on aging power plants, refineries and factories, one of the regulatory changes that had been among the top environmental priorities of the White House.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - DuPont Co. will close four plants in Europe, as well as cut 1,500 jobs in its continued restructuring effort. DuPont officials maintain that the effort will take almost 18 months to complete, and will help cut costs at the...

Reuters - In 1999, a young Brazilian botanist named Eliana Rodrigues dug through forests in an ambitious project with Krao Indians to collect and identify 400 tropical plants and berries they use as medicine.

Reuters - India will receive uranium from Russia to run two atomic power plants that have struggled to find fuel after the United States stopped supplies more than three decades ago, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Jean-Martin Folz, chief executive of French carmaker PSA , told WirtschaftsWoche he would not rule out closing west European assembly plants if PSA could no longer afford high labor costs.

Reuters - Workers at General Motors of Canada Ltd. assembly plants in Oshawa, Ontario voted in favor of job cuts on Friday, in a moved aimed at securing new investment, including a contract to build GM's new Chevrolet Camaro, the union said.

AFP - The Sri Lankan government will retain Norway as peace broker despite calls from a key Marxist ally to immediately end the arrangement.

Reuters - India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Some people like to talk to their plants. Now, students at Singapore Polytechnic say they have created a plant that can communicate with people -- by glowing when it needs water.

Reuters - Volkswagen warned its unionized German workers on Tuesday that a systematic restructuring of its traditional VW plants was "inevitable" in order to secure the future of Europe's largest carmaker.

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter Ithaca, \@New York\@ (AHN) - A new study shows that sagebrush not only warns its brethren about predators but wild tobacco plants as well. When insects harm sagebrush, it releases an odor into the air that are picked up by other sagebrush. Scientists...

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) - A government advisory panel says building new nuclear plants is not the answer for combating climate changes or securing Britain’s energy supply. The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) report says...

Building new nuclear plants is not a 'quick fix' to securing Britain's energy supply, an advisory panel reports.

Building new nuclear plants is not a 'quick fix' to securing Britain's energy supply, an advisory panel reports.

Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter Moscow, Russia (AHN) – According to analysts, the piracy of CDs and DVDs in Russia is continuing to grow, despite government efforts to curb the problem. "Unfortunately, there is an overall growth in the number of optical disk plants and...

Reuters - Years of radioactive waste water spills from Illinois nuclear power plants have fueled suspicions the industry covers up safety problems and sparked debate about the risks from exposure to low-level radiation.

The Christian Science Monitor - After signing an agreement to recognize India as a nuclear power, and gaining India's promise to allow international inspections of its civilian nuclear power plants, President George W. Bush might be expecting a little Indian love.

Reuters - The political firestorm over Arab management of six U.S. ports threatened to widen on Thursday after a senior House Republican said he wanted foreign firms to sell their investments in American ports, electricity plants and other infrastructure critical to U.S. security.

AP - In an attempt to increase domestic production of alternative fuel sources, the Bush administration has proposed allowing ethanol plants to send more hazardous air pollutants into the air.

AFP - The US oil giant Chevron has shut down one of its oil production plants in the Niger Delta, the firm said, as armed separatists pursued their campaign against the industry.