Health and Public Safety
May 13, 2010 -
While bits and pieces of the Gulf oil spill have already reached shore, new federal maps show that the larger floating mass of oil generated by the disaster is poised to strike the coast over the next three days.
May 7, 2010 -
In the take of the Gulf oil disaster, news reports have continued to surface of company representatives encouraging -- some would say coercing -- affected individuals to sign agreements limiting their legal rights and ability to file future claims.
May 6, 2010 -
With oil still gushing fr
May 5, 2010 -
With few clear winners -- and a handful of surprisingly feisty challenge campaigns -- Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina seemed a perfect symbol for today's volatile political climate.
May 5, 2010 -
The Environmental Protection Agency released not one but two proposals yesterday for regulating coal ash waste from power plants: a stricter rule that would empower the federal government to oversee the material like other hazardous waste, and a less stringent rule that would treat it like ordinary trash and leave oversight up to the states.