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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out plans Friday to toughen standards for fine particulate matter, or soot, which is dangerous microscopic pollution emitted by factories, power plants, diesel vehicles and other sources. The proposal, which the agency is issuing... Read More

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is urging the Obama administration to retain sanctions against Burma’s state-controlled oil-and-gas sector, echoing similar statements from human-rights activist and newly elected parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi. “Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a very... Read More

A major new report concludes that more research is needed to better understand risks of seismic activity linked to injections of wastewater from natural gas drilling, potential large-scale underground storage of carbon dioxide emissions and other energy technologies. The National... Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out a proposal Friday to toughen standards for fine particulate matter, or soot, which is dangerous microscopic pollution emitted by factories, power plants, diesel vehicles and other sources. The proposal, which the agency is issuing... Read More

The Wall Street Journal explores Mitt Romney’s green energy record as governor of Massachusetts in light of his current attacks against the White House over Solyndra. Reuters analyzes the shortcomings of Europe’s greenhouse gas trading system. “Europe’s emissions trading... Read More

Just one-in-five Americans is “satisfied with the way things are going in the United States,” according to Gallup data published yesterday, and the economy and unemployment are “still viewed as most important problems” facing our nation. Yet despite our nation’s ongoing economic... Read More

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) declared on the Senate floor Thursday that the debate over whether humans are causing climate change is over, and that it has been shown conclusively that human activity is leading to global warming. “People say there are questions about the... Read More

Coming Friday: The National Research Council (NRC) will release a report on the potential for energy technologies — including wastewater injections associated with natural-gas drilling — to cause seismic activity. “Hydraulic fracturing, carbon capture and storage, geothermal... Read More