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Rockets’ Red Scare

California First State to Announce Perchlorate Limits Last week, California regulators announced a “public health goal” that will lead to formal regulations restricting levels of perchlorate — a toxic chemical […]

Ready to Grumble

Congressional Leaders Chastise EPA Over Lead Contamination A bipartisan group of congressional leaders criticized the U.S. EPA yesterday in a letter for its handling of the Washington, D.C., lead-contamination crisis […]

The Little Engine That Couldn’t Quite

French Inventor Builds Air-Powered Car Guy Negre, an inventor working out of an industrial park on the French Riviera, has developed a car that runs entirely on compressed air, producing […]

Sunday in the Park With George W.

National Parks Face Crippling Budget Shortfalls Two reports released this week document severe underfunding of U.S. national parks and warn that drastic budget shortfalls will affect park safety and visitor […]

Economic Restoration

Study Shows Ecological Restoration Boosts Economy Efforts at ecological restoration have added some $65 million and 300 jobs to California’s Humboldt County economy between 1995 and 2002, concludes a study […]

No Credit Where Credit Is Due

Wind Power Industry Idles, Waiting for Energy Bill After a three-year growth spurt that created more wind-energy capacity in the U.S. than came online in the two prior decades, the […]

Arctic National Wildlife Rorschach

Energy Department Study Fuels Arctic Refuge Controversy A new Energy Department study on the prospect of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has both sides in the long-running […]

Grile-y Coyote

New Report Critical of Interior’s Griles Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles has repeatedly had dealings with mining and energy companies represented by his former lobbying firm, which is still […]

Dispatches from a field trip to study water systems in West Africa

Sarah Lynn Cunningham works for the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District in Kentucky, implementing the principles of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES). This week, she’s doing […]

Regulate First, Ask Questions Later

Flurry of Charges Leads EPA to Revisit Mercury Regs Amid a swirl of angry charges from states, environmental groups, and its own employees, the U.S. EPA is promising to revisit […]