Environment
September 7, 2011 -
Roy Spencer doesn't disclose his leadership roles in climate skeptic groups financed by Exxon and other key players in what's been dubbed the "climate denial machine": the network of companies, think tanks and foundations that have sought to deny and downplay the scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused in large part by human activity.
September 1, 2011 -
A federal civil court ruled last week that a relative of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) committed massive fraud against FEMA -- part of a larger pattern of the governor's associates profiting from the Katrina recovery.
August 25, 2011 -
When a massive coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee failed back in December 2008, it dumped a billion gallons of coal ash -- the toxic waste left over after burning coal -- into a nearby community and waterways.