Critical List: Climate change is shrinking animals; Mexico could export water to the U.S.

Climate change is shrinking animals, like sheep and salamanders, and fruits too.

Mexico could start exporting water into the United States.

One partner in the Macondo well is ponying up $4 billion to settle with BP over last year's oil spill.

Climate change is shrinking animals, like sheep and salamanders, and fruits too.

Mexico could start exporting water into the United States.

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One partner in the Macondo well is ponying up $4 billion to settle with BP over last year's oil spill.

Clean-up crews in New Zealand are working to extract the oil from that crashed oil tanker before bad weather returns and the boat cracks in half.

If you haven't been paying attention to the Keystone XL fight at all, this Washington Post article can catch you up.

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