Environment

Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency

Signs and Wonders: EPA takes cue from IRS in dealing with conservative groups

Newsworthy | Easier being green. The IRS is not the only federal agency making it difficult for conservative groups. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting in on the IRS act. According to the Competitive Enterprise…

A wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyo.

Wind farms breeze past laws protecting vulnerable birds

Environment |  It happens about once a month in Converse County, Wyo.—A golden eagle, soaring over the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns,

Moderate warriors?
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Moderate warriors?

Science |  Obama’s Cabinet picks on energy and environment have had nice things to say about natural gas

Bill McKibben (center) leads yesterday's march.

Signs and Wonders: Climate change, sexually transmitted diseases, NASCAR, and Benny Hinn

Newsworthy |  Climate change. Ironies abounded yesterday as a crowd estimated at about 30,000 marched on Washington to protest global warming. Irony No. 1: It was one of…

Not-so-simple green
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Not-so-simple green

Science |  A second Obama term will likely produce a lot more EPA rulemaking

The Conoco Philips refinery in Los Angeles

Cap and tax begins

Environment |  California launches a massive greenhouse-gas taxing scheme over local business protests

Al Gore

Is Superstorm Sandy a harbinger of the ‘new normal’ because of global warming?

Science |  Long before Superstorm Sandy subsided, a new storm arose—an opportunistic attempt to score political points out of a great tragedy, as some people rushed to…

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Steaming mad

Environment |  Bush's flip-flop on global warming alienates conservatives

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