Juliet Eilperin

Recent stories written by Juliet Eilperin

Wild horses and burros overpopulating the West (10/8/2009)

WASHINGTON – The government plans to aggressively sterilize wild horses and transplant thousands to new public preserves in the Midwest and East as a solution to the nearly 40-year-old problem of how to manage the exploding numbers of wild horses in the West, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday.

New global climate pact possible, but with wrinkle (9/23/2009)

Several world leaders Tuesday gave the most decisive indication in months that they would work to revive floundering negotiations aimed at securing a new international climate pact. But the vision President Barack Obama and others outlined at the United Nations' climate summit in New York – in which countries offered a series of individual commitments – suggests a potential deal may look much different from what its backers originally envisioned.