May 7, 2010 -
In the take of the Gulf oil disaster, news reports have continued to surface of company representatives encouraging -- some would say coercing -- affected individuals to sign agreements limiting their legal rights and ability to file future claims.
May 6, 2010 -
With oil still gushing fr
May 5, 2010 -
With few clear winners -- and a handful of surprisingly feisty challenge campaigns -- Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina seemed a perfect symbol for today's volatile political climate.
May 5, 2010 -
The Environmental Protection Agency released not one but two proposals yesterday for regulating coal ash waste from power plants: a stricter rule that would empower the federal government to oversee the material like other hazardous waste, and a less stringent rule that would treat it like ordinary trash and leave oversight up to the states.
May 4, 2010 -
The Georgia Public Service Commission violated state law when it granted a permit to build two new nuclear reactors at the Southern Company/Georgia Power Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Ga.