Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed Strolling beside the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, it's easy to overlook a gentle rise in the landscape a few yards to the north.
Environmental programs get $2.1 million infusion Baltimore County’s program encouraging homeowners to plant trees got a $50,000 boost through the small watershed grant program from the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Gregoire takes her campaign to Puget Sound Gov. Chris Gregoire took her re-election campaign to the waters of Puget Sound on Thursday, highlighting progress but also noting that continued efforts are needed to clean up the sound's waters.
EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.
EPA chief won't explain climate choices Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year that global warming put the public in danger could lead to a decision not to regulate greenhouse gases.
Calif. requires ships to cut pollution off coast California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships using the state's ports.
EPA moves to ban pesticide carbofuran from food The Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to stop the use of the pesticide carbofuran on all food crops, including those that are imported.