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US reaches pollution agreement at BP Indiana plant
BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery and pay an ...
EU appeals to China to join global emissions talks
A European envoy held out a possible compromise in a fight with China over carbon emissions charges on airlines, saying Wednesday that Europe might ...
Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking ...
Salazar approves Utah gas wells
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday announced the approval of a major natural gas drilling project in Utah that the Obama administration ...
As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise
The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Top EPA official resigns over 'crucify' comment
The Obama administration's top environmental official in the oil-rich South Central region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks ...
EPA to slash air pollution from natural gas wells
The Obama administration on Wednesday set the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method ...
Obama and Romney on energy, environmental issues
A look at where President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stand on energy and environmental issues: OBAMA: Ordered ...
Qatar Airways chief criticizes EU emissions law
The head of fast-growing Gulf carrier Qatar Airways on Monday criticized a new European policy charging airlines for their carbon pollution as a tax ...
Shale gas exploration raises hope, fear in Poland
A slender shale gas rig rising from the midst of plowed fields and farm houses in Poland has inspired both hope for a local community's prosperity and ...
FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on ...
FACT CHECK: Obama's incomplete history lesson
Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once ...
Financing still murky for revamped $68B rail plan
Supporters of California's ambitious high-speed rail project began their hard sell with lawmakers and the public Monday after releasing an updated ...
EPA to reduce new power plants' carbon pollution
The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from ...
SPIN METER: GOP claims about Obama puzzle enviros
Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama ...
GOP's claims about Obama puzzle environmentalists
Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama ...
Airbus says China blocking orders over EU scheme
China is blocking orders for at least $12 billion worth of Airbus jets to protest the European Union's emissions trading fees, in a new challenge to ...
EPA heightens scrutiny over Pa. gas drilling
Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso's house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, ...
EPA heightens scrutiny of Pa.'s Marcellus Shale
Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso's house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, ...
Two-thirds of China's cities fail on air standards
Two-thirds of China's cities currently fail to meet stricter air quality standards that the government wants to phase in over four years to combat ...
Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they ...
EU to persevere with airline carbon emissions tax
Governments opposed to the European Union's new carbon emissions tax for airlines should not underestimate its determination to curb climate-changing ...
Santorum targets Romney 'negative attack machine'
TITLE: "Rombo" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: On broadcast and cable in Michigan. KEY IMAGES: A Mitt Romney doppelganger armed with what looks like an ...
EU open to talks but won't scrap carbon tax
Europe is willing to discuss its new carbon emissions tax for airlines with disgruntled governments but has no plans to scrap the levy, top EU ...