Greenwire

The president and CEO of Dominion today said nuclear power will play a key role in meeting President Obama's goal of lowering carbon emissions -- despite the president's silence on…

The National Park Service would be forced to delay the opening of roads into iconic national parks including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Yosemite by as much as a month if Congress fails to avert $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, according to new information obtained by a Park Service retirees group. In addition, nationwide reductions in staff, maintenance crews and operating hours would affect hundreds of millions of visitors, according to the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees.

How will a new push by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) on chemical safety reform affect prospects for legislation making its way through the Senate? During today's OnPoint, Andy Igrejas, national…

In an attempt to keep consumers from paying high energy bills to overpaid investors, Romanian officials are seeking to lower renewable energy subsidies. The United Kingdom and Germany are feeling…

Estonia is the first country in the world to install a nationwide system of electric vehicle chargers. The government has installed a network of 165 chargers strategically along roads and…

After an engine room fire left the Carnival cruise ship Triumph crippled last week, residents of Charleston, S.C., are trying to sort out their thoughts on cruise ships along their…

An informal analysis by the Idaho Department of Lands has found that the state could earn an additional $51 million to $75 million annually from managing an additional 16.4 million…

Virginia's state Legislature will vote by the end of the week on major tax reforms that would change the way the state finances its road construction. A bipartisan panel of…

District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray released plans yesterday for making Washington, D.C., "the "healthiest, greenest and most livable" city in the nation within 20 years. The broad sustainability plan…

A Japanese probe into Boeing Co.'s lithium-ion battery problem found that one of the affected planes had an improperly wired battery. The probe comes after 50 of the company's new…

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) ordered all coal mines to halt operations for at least an hour per shift yesterday to honor the lives of miners lost in…

Exxon Mobil Corp. persuaded Fox News to pull an ad mocking the oil giant just hours before it was set to broadcast in certain markets before and after the president's…

Conservative Sandia National Laboratories is opening up its campus and expertise to help a startup company demonstrate its breakthrough solar technology that could significantly lower the cost of the abundant…

Brazil has dropped charges related to an offshore oil spill against Chevron Corp., Transocean Ltd. and 17 employees, the companies said yesterday. As the criminal case, which carried penalties of…

Statements from a BP PLC witness may help Halliburton Co. escape paying billions of dollars in damages related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Victims accuse Halliburton, which provided cement…

Federal judges today appeared hesitant to accept arguments from an international environmental group seeking disclosure of a confidential document outlining trade policies that affect the environment. At issue is a…

A federal appeals court yesterday upheld the confidentiality of communications between Department of Justice offices working to resolve liability for a Superfund site. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

A French environmental group warned that an old Russian-built cruise ship that's adrift in the Atlantic Ocean poses an "imminent" threat. The 100-meter-long, 37-year-old rusting vessel, Lyubov Orlova, is floating…

The World Wildlife Fund is starting a new anti-poaching campaign that uses images of healthy animals instead of gory, violent images of dead and dying creatures. The campaign includes posters…

A new government study has found that live Asian carp aren't necessarily present where their DNA is found. The study could alter the debate over how to keep the invasive…

Latest Images