November 9, 2010 -
At the first gathering of the federal Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force that took place yesterday in Pensacola, Fla., the U.S. Justice Department pledged to launch swift criminal and civil investigations into the parties responsible for the Gulf oil disaster that killed 11 workers and spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the region's ecosystem.
November 8, 2010 -
Two nuclear power plants owned by New Orleans-based Entergy were forced to shut down over the weekend following serious operating problems, including a radioactive leak at one plant in Vermont.
November 8, 2010 -
By Joe Atkins,
November 5, 2010 -
Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. Senate in the mid-term elections: 6 Number of those seats that are in the South: 1 Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. House: at least 60
November 4, 2010 -
By Marian Wang, ProPublica Earlier this week, we highlighted a few ways that midterm elections could affect some of the issues we've dogged in the past few months -- the foreclosure scandal, financial reform,
November 4, 2010 -
By Elena Shore, New America MediaLatino voters may have saved the Senate for the Democrats, even as Latino candidates gained a record number of congressional seats on the Republican ticket.Political observers say these seemingly contradictory outcomes make one thing clear: Latinos - as candidates and as voters - played a decisive role in Tuesday's election.
November 4, 2010 -
Among the special interests that see the outcome of this week's mid-term elections as a win for themselves is the U.S. nuclear power industry.