December 15, 2009 -
Over the last few days, residents of Wake County, N.C. - the site of a nationally watched battle over its school diversity policy - have been receiving calls from phone pollsters asking for their views on the county's education future.
December 15, 2009 -
Representatives from 15 environmental advocacy groups have called on President Obama to end the Tennessee Valley Authority's immunity from federal prosecution for its Kingston coal ash disaster and other violations of federal law.
December 14, 2009 -
Exxon Mobil has spent millions of dollars to sow confusion over the reality and urgency of global warming -- but that didn't stop the U.S. government from giving the Texas-based oil giant a $3 billion taxpayer-financed subsidy on the cusp of international climate talks.
December 12, 2009 -
By Bill Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights
December 11, 2009 -
The nuclear power industry's efforts to promote new reactors as a solution to climate change is inspiring creative protests by environmentalists.
December 10, 2009 -
Yesterday the National Conference on State Legislatures released a report on how the recession is hitting state budgets, and the news was grim: "The states are facing nearly unprecedented declines in revenuecollections," said William Pound, executive director of the NCSL."Coupled with probable declines in federal stimulus support over thenext two year, the state fiscal picture is bleak. We're heading intoan era of retro budgeting, where state spending is receding to levelsfive to 10 years ago."