Californians tired of doing their part during triple-digit heat
There is a growing sense that the state is creating Flex Alert fatigue by making the asks too frequently, on days when easing air conditioner...
Are Canadian uranium workers still more likely to die from lung cancer?
A study by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is examining health data from 80,000 people who have worked in Canada’s uranium mines, mills and processing...
Inside the Flint water crisis cover-up
Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from January 2014 to October 2015.
House Committee Seeks Interview with Exxon Lobbyist Caught On Tape
A congressional committee is requesting an interview with the ExxonMobil lobbyist who was revealed by an undercover Greenpeace investigation in June admitting that the company...
Bay Area regulators just helped frontline communities breathe easier
Two massive Bay Area refineries have been required to achieve a 70 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions.
Group says tighter radiation controls of drilling waste needed
The patchwork of radiation protection laws for oil and gas waste in the U.S. is “inconsistent,” said an official with the National Council on Radiation...
Millions in state forest gas lease spending ruled unconstitutional by Pa. Supreme Court
The state is not expected to have to pay back the $383 million that was transferred from a restricted conservation fund to balance budgets.
FirstEnergy to pay $230 million penalty in Ohio bribery probe
To possibly avoid a conspiracy conviction, Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., the utility at the heart of a $61-million Ohio Statehouse bribery scandal, has agreed to pay...