November 3, 2011 -
Soon after the EPA released new data showing the hazards of coal ash ponds, a massive bluff built of coal ash collapsed into Lake Michigan. So why are lawmakers still fighting strict federal oversight of coal ash?
November 3, 2011 -
The Department of Justice has largely taken a hands-off approach to state redistricting plans. But when it comes to photo ID laws and other voting rights issues in the South, the DOJ has emerged as a key player.
November 2, 2011 -
Florida's tomato farmworkers and their allies brought a two-year fight to specialty grocer Trader Joe's California doorstep last week.
November 2, 2011 -
The Dallas-based company received notice last week that it was being sued over an alleged 38,000 violations of the Clean Air Act at two of its coal-fired power plants.
November 2, 2011 -
A judge has decided to allow climatologist Michael Mann to intervene in a Freedom of Information Act suit brought against the University of Virginia by the American Tradition Institute, a group with close ties to fossil-fuel interests that works to cast doubt on manmade global warming.
November 1, 2011 -
Dolphins continue to perish in unusually high numbers in the wake of the BP oil disaster, while fishermen report strange problems with their catches. What does all this mean for the health of Gulf residents?
October 31, 2011 -
Dirty-energy interests, wealthy conservatives and the think tanks they fund have joined forces to target global-warming researchers using the Freedom of Information Act -- and this week they're set for a showdown in a Virginia courtroom.
