Energy and Environment
July 23, 2010 -
A former Democratic congressman from West Virginia joined the race for U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd's seat this week to promote the cause of ending mountaintop removal coal mining.
July 20, 2010 -
A new analysis of federal air quality monitoring data from Louisiana released today by an environmental watchdog group shows continuing public health threats from the BP oil disaster.
July 15, 2010 -
As Facing South readers know, Sue Sturgis and I have led two major public interest journalism projects in recent months: Our investigative series on the growing problem of coal ash waste, and our
July 14, 2010 -
The Obama administration this week issued a new moratorium on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after a federal appeals court rejected an earlier version.