Environment News Highlights

Wisconsin has tons of strong sand with round grains - just what the the oil and gas industry needs for use in fracking. WSJ's Mark Peters reports on how the stuff gets mined and processed.

Once widespread in England and Wales, the turtle dove is now in serious decline, with only nine birds for every 100 there were in the 70s.

Did dinosaur gas launch global warming on our planet? Some British researchers believe it's possible, in a Current Biology report as noted by the Boston Herald. The theory is, that like cattle and other cud-chewing animals, dinosaur flatulence contained methane and the larger the mass, the larger the emission.

Florida Governor Rick Scott helped release a recovered green sea turtle in the Florida Keys Tuesday. 'Sas' was found in September of 2011, covered in tumors and tangled in a lobster trap. He was treated and rehabilitated at The Turtle Hospital, a Marathon-based, state-licensed veterinary hospital dedicated solely to the treatment of sea turtles. (Video courtesy Florida Keys News Bureau)

BP has a new deepwater oil-spill containment system, which it says will allow for faster responses to future waterborne accidents. Video and reporting by WSJ's Angel Gonzalez in Houston.

Building Efficiency President Dave Meyers joins digits to explain how he's helping retrofit New York's most iconic skyscraper to save energy and millions of dollars, and why buildings all across the country will soon follow suit.

Dinosaurs could have released enough methane gas to warm the prehistoric Earth, researchers in the United Kingdom say. According to scientists, the gassy emissions from Sauropods, which are large plant-eating dinosaurs, would have been equal to the greenhouse gases currently produced by natural and man-made sources. Patrick Jones has more on the study.

Dinosaurs may have spewed so much methane into that it could have affected the climate of their primordial era, when global temperatures were twice as high as today, scientists reported Monday. Robert Lee Hotz has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.

Teaser trailer for Buildipedia's extensive coverage of the 2011 Solar Decathlon coming in October to the Go Green Channel on Buildipedia.com.

Large wind farms slightly increase temperatures near the ground as the turbines' rotor blades pull down warm air, according to researchers. Robert Lee Hotz has details on Lunch Break.

A dolphin was found swimming in shallow waters near Huntington Beach, California, on Friday.

A young black bear paid a visit to a Boulder, Colorado university campus on Thursday (April 26), climbing a tree near student halls of residence.

Volunteers rescued some 500 caged dogs from a truck transporting them to the slaughterhouse in southwest China, local media reported on Wednesday (April 25).