High-altitude dust blown thousands of miles across the Pacific from Asian and African deserts can cause it to rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada, new research shows. [The Los Angeles Times]
The Department of Agriculture is expected to approve the opening of a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico that would allow equine meat for human consumption to be produced in the United States for the first time in six years. [The New York Times].
Energy consumption relative to the nation?s gross domestic product will decline steadily over the next three decades, the Energy Information Administration projects. Residential ?energy intensity? alone is expected to register a 27 percent decline by 2040 from 2005 levels. [Energy Information Administration]
The deadly bat fungus known as white nose syndrome has spread to Illinois, state officials report. It is the 20th state where bats have been found to be afflicted with the fungus since it was first detected in New York in 2006. [Associated Press]
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