Environment

September 26, 2008 - The latest news on the climate front is alarming: According to an annual report released this week by the Australia-based Global Carbon Project, carbon emitted worldwide in 2007 from burning fossil fuels and producing cement increased 2.9 percent over the previous year, to a total of 8.47 billion metric tons.

September 26, 2008 - Residents of Galveston's storm-devastated public housing projects have been ordered to clear their belongings out by today -- but they're still waiting for answers about where they're supposed to go.

September 25, 2008 - When Hurricane Gustav hit the U.S. Gulf Coast earlier this month, it ruined hundreds of cottages in southern Mississippi that were provided to residents left homeless three years ago by Katrina.

September 24, 2008 - House leaders announced yesterday that they plan to let a quarter-century ban on expanded offshore oil drilling expire next week, and the Senate is expected to follow suit, the Associated Press reports:

September 23, 2008 - More than two-thirds of North Carolina residents support offshore drilling for oil and gas, according to an Elon University poll released yesterday.

September 22, 2008 - Nuclear power foes are celebrating a small victory this week: In the wake of last Wednesday's national call-in day against unlimited taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors, the so-called "Gang of 20" senators who were pushing a bipartisan compromise energy bill co

September 22, 2008 - The federal Environmental Protection Agency is expected to rule as early as today that it won't set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate, a chemical found in rocket fuel that has been linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women, babies and young children, the Washington Post