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What went wrong in West, Texas - and where were the regulators?
Seven different agencies regulate fertilizer plants in Texas, but none of them have authority over how close they are to homes and schools.Image: (West Fertilizer explosion aftermath by Shane...
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Ad campaign puts Arkansas oil spill images before Keystone XL decision makers
An ad campaign featuring images of Exxon Mobil's Arkansas oil spill disaster targets the federal regulators in charge of approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project.Image: (Photo of Foggy...
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UN human rights group calls for investigation of mountaintop removal mining...
The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights recently visited West Virginia communities affected by the controversial mining practice and said allegations of health damage, water...
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Carrying water for an end to mountaintop removal
Activists hauled polluted water from Appalachia to Washington, D.C. this week to draw attention to the plight of communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining. The action comes as legislation...
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Environmental groups spur NC legal action against Duke Energy coal ash pollution
Under legal pressure from environmental advocates, North Carolina regulators are seeking court orders to force Duke Energy to clean up groundwater contamination from unlined coal ash storage ponds at...
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Southern coal plants top list of worst carbon polluters targeted by Obama...
Bypassing a Congress that's failed to take action to address a worsening problem, President Obama unveiled a plan to curb climate-disrupting pollution from coal-fired power plants -- with big...
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Water pollution a problem for Southern beaches
The NRDC's annual report on bacterial contamination at U.S. beaches finds serious problems at popular swimming spots across the South. The group is calling on the federal government to take action to...
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Clean water advocates criticize limited EPA hearing on coal plant water...
After proposing a rule to clean up toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants, the EPA holds a single public hearing -- but dramatically limits its scope. Environmentalists cry foul.Image: An aerial...
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Why is the White House aiding and abetting lawbreaking by coal plants?
A new report from environmental groups documents widespread disregard for the Clean Water Act by electric utilities -- and an effort by the White House Office of Management and Budget to dilute...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Killer goo imperils Florida waters
Toxic algae is choking Florida rivers and estuaries, killing animals, sickening people, and costing billions of dollars. Why is the Obama administration backing away from plans to clean up the...
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New study finds high levels of arsenic in groundwater near fracking sites
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas' Barnett Shale, providing further...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Promoting the myth of 'sustainable coal'
A group of prominent Democrats has launched a project to promote the idea that coal is part of a sustainable U.S. energy future -- even as new evidence emerges showing just how environmentally...
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Federal court orders EPA to get moving on coal ash rules
A federal judge has sided with environmental and public health groups that sued to force the Obama administration to issue regulations for the disposal of the toxic waste left over after burning coal...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Courts weigh polluter challenges to cleaner air
This week top U.S. courts heard two cases challenging Environmental Protection Agency rules limiting health-damaging air pollution from power plants -- one related to mercury emissions and the other to...
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More evidence undermines industry claims of fracking safety
The oil and gas industry says fracking does not endanger groundwater supplies. But an Associated Press review of data from several states offers the latest evidence that the industry's claims are not...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Duke Energy coal ash spill latest in ongoing regulatory...
A stormwater pipe at a shuttered Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina has sent thousands of tons of coal ash into the Dan River, which provides drinking water for downstream communities. Five years...
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How ALEC helped Duke Energy block stricter coal ash rules
Duke Energy has long fought strict federal regulations on coal ash, which is in the spotlight again following a spill from one of the company's North Carolina plants. Duke got help from the American...
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Election 2014: Does climate change stand a chance against the oil boom?
Record-breaking domestic oil production is likely to swamp any effort to inject climate concerns into 2014 mid-term elections -- and could even cost Democrats the Senate.Image: Texas Attorney Greg...
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Coal ash polluting NC river was once Appalachian mountaintops
Before its coal-fired units were shuttered in 2012, Duke Energy's Dan River plant burned coal from mountaintop removal mines in Appalachia. The reality that the arsenic-laden ash now contaminating a...
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Are environmentalists pushing a risky alternative for coal ash disposal?
Watchdog groups are raising concerns about calls to move coal ash from wet impoundments into dry landfills, warning of inevitable leakage from landfills that are typically located in low-income and...
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