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Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill dispersants
The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in...
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A win for clean water in South Carolina coal ash storage lawsuit
A clean-water advocacy group has reached a settlement with South Carolina Electric & Gas that will require the company to clean up coal ash impoundments at its Wateree plant in Richland County,...
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University of Virginia prevails against climate science attack group
A Virginia circuit court judge rules that the school does not have to turn over former professor Michael Mann's e-mails to the American Tradition Institute, a fossil-fuel-funded think tank that works...
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The trillion-gallon loophole: Lax rules for drillers that inject pollutants...
As the boom in oil and gas drilling sends a surge of waste into underground injection wells, safeguards for disposing of these materials are sometimes being ignored or circumvented.Image: Facing South...
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New evidence confirms that fracking endangers groundwater
The U.S. Geological Survey verifies earlier EPA findings that fracking for natural gas contaminated groundwater in rural Wyoming.Image: Facing South Appreciate this post? Please donate & share...
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Community groups sue EPA over oil refinery pollution
A citizen lawsuit under the Clean Air Act seeks to force the Environmental Protection Agency to impose stricter limits on hazardous air pollution from oil refineries, which has been linked to cancer...
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Did attorney for climate science attack group violate ethics rules?
The official paper trail suggests that an attorney involved in the American Tradition Institute's lawsuit against the University of Virginia seeking a prominent climate scientist's emails did not have...
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Scientists find high levels of coal ash contamination in North Carolina...
A study by Duke University researchers has found toxic contamination far exceeding federal standards for safe drinking water and aquatic life in lakes and rivers located near coal ash waste sites at...
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Frackers continue illegal use of toxic diesel fuels
An analysis by the environmental watchdog group SkyTruth has found that drilling companies are continuing to violate the Safe Drinking Water Act by using diesel fuels when fracking for natural...
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Latest sanction against BP goes beyond Gulf spill
The government's decision to at least temporarily ban BP from federal contracts is a result of not just the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, but years of safety problems at the oil giant.Image:...
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BP engulfed in lawsuit over 40-day Texas flare
Two weeks before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP was spewing a different kind of pollution -- leading to a $500...
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Four years after Tennessee tragedy, politicians are blocking federal...
Dec. 22 marks four years since a coal ash impoundment collapsed at a TVA power plant in Tennessee, inundating a community and two rivers. As EPA drags its feet over issuing federal coal ash rules,...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Confronting a deepening climate crisis
With new data out showing that 2012 was the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States, and with costs mounting due to droughts and other climate-related disasters, will political leaders...
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Climate change is drowning out 'jobs vs. environment' debate
With the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifying, the old argument that unions must choose between jobs and the environment is losing its grip as climate change becomes more evident and more...
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After a powerful lobbyist intervenes, EPA reverses stance on polluting Texas...
When Uranium Energy Corp. sought permission to launch a large-scale mining project in Goliad County, Texas, it seemed the EPA would stand in the way -- until a powerful Democratic lobbyist and...
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Drilling deeper: The wealth of business connections for Obama's energy pick
MIT physicist Ernest Moniz is an academic who has also served on boards or advisory councils of large energy companies, including BP.Image: Moniz, at left, as the president announces his nomination....
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South's rivers and streams in poor condition, EPA finds
The first comprehensive assessment of the health of the nation's rivers and streams finds that many in the Southern Appalachians and Coastal Plain are unable to sustain life.Image: A groundbreaking...
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Drowning in industry in Houston's East End
Yudith Nieto and Emmanuel Guajardo discuss their experiences organizing a Houston neighborhood that's been sickened by pollution from a Valero refinery slated to receive dirty Canadian tar sands oil...
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Three years after the BP disaster, an urgent call for feds to address health...
More than 30 Gulf Coast advocates have signed a letter sent to six federal agencies outlining ongoing human health problems from the Deepwater Horizon disaster and calling for immediate action.Image:...
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A turning point on mountaintop removal?
There were two big developments this week in the fight to end mountaintop removal, with a federal appeals court upholding the EPA's authority to revoke permits for such coal mining operations, and a...
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