GOP opens offensive against almost all regulations
Republican lawmakers in Congress have opened an unprecedented offensive against almost every type of government regulation.
After record hot summer, get ready for winter
This summer has been the second hottest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week. And there's more.
EPA to hire the unemployed in Michigan
The program will specifically target Michigan's youth - who suffer nearly 50 percent unemployment rates in Detroit.
Hundreds arrested in pro-environment civil disobedience
The demonstration is the longest sustained civil disobedience action since the civil rights movement and the largest since 1977.
Boom or bust? Two visions from a Pennsylvania park
"Sacrifice our water? No fracking way!" inked on the wooden fence in Colton Point State Park, sitting squarely atop one of the world's richest natural gas deposits.
Animal protection thrown to the wolves
Wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains are no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act, thanks to an agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Gov. Matt Mead, R-Wyoming.
White House to boost fuel economy standards
The average car fuel economy will nearly double by 2025 to almost 55 miles per gallon, President Obama announced.
GOP launches "race to the bottom" for Michigan environment
"Racing to the bottom on environmental protection and worker safety isn't a jobs plan for Michigan," said Mark Schauer, national co-chair of the BlueGreen Alliance Jobs 21! campaign.
New Orleans diary: Seafood, hospitality, an appeal for help
Katrina was the first in what would become a series of tragedies for the Big Easy, the next being the 2010 BP oil spill.
Coal pollution killing poor, people of color, NAACP charges
More than 8 million people live within three miles of a coal power plant, and those people are disproportionately poor or people of color.
