Environment

December 6, 2007 - The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the American Nurses Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility are going to court today to present their legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's

December 5, 2007 - We recently reported on the effort led by the fossil-fuel-funded John Locke Foundation and Heartland Institute to scuttle North Carolina's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas pollution.

December 5, 2007 - Storms bringing heavy rainfall are now 24 percent more frequent across the United States today than they were 60 years ago, including in many areas of the South.

December 4, 2007 - By Bill Quigley Guest contributor

November 30, 2007 - There are reports of confusion and anger at FEMA trailer parks today over the agency's unclear policy on the parks' future.

November 28, 2007 - Raymond Seed, a civil engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley, has sent a 42-page letter [PDF] to the head of the American Society of Civil Engineers alleging that the organization colluded with the Army Corps of Engine

November 27, 2007 - Their annual migration is underway, and Sandhill Cranes are beginning to arrive at the Hiwassee Refuge.