Environment
October 15, 2009 -
NEW ORLEANS -- President Obama is in for a welcome change of weather when he arrives here in New Orleans today for his much-hyped -- and for critics, much-delayed -- visit, trading the cold rain of DC for the tropical winds that say "fall is here" in the Gulf Coast.
October 15, 2009 -
President Obama arrives in New Orleans today for his first visit to the Gulf Coast since he won the presidency.
October 14, 2009 -
Coal industry supporters turned out in big numbers for public hearings held yesterday on an Obama administration proposal to more strictly regulate mountaintop removal mining -- and some of them attempted to shout down opponents of the environmentally destructive practice.
October 14, 2009 -
Since a dam burst at its Kingston coal-fired power plant last December and