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A drought is causing shortages across Southeast Asia, but China is being forced to counter the perception that its dams are hijacking resources.
The federal government’s rules set mileage standards that will translate to a fleet average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016.
President Obama set out to attract bipartisan support and increase oil production, but the plan may not do either.
President Obama’s proposal to open vast expanses of U.S. coastline to drilling was criticized by both environmentalists and Republicans on Wednesday.
A panel investigating claims that scientists at a research center misrepresented global warming data found no evidence to support that charge.
The proposal would end a longstanding moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida.
The Environmental Protection Agency will not make power plants or other industrial sites obtain federal permits for emitting greenhouse gases before January.
Meteorologists, familiar faces in people’s living rooms, are far more likely to question the science of climate change.
The federal judge rejected a settlement between the city and workers at ground zero, saying the deal did not provide enough compensation to plaintiffs.
A Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant that was surreptitiously serving whale meat has closed, and its owner has posted a mea culpa on its Web site.


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