Blighted biomass crop assistance program begins again

By Laurel Adams

A program to financially assist producers of renewable biomass crops is scheduled to restart, despite problems that led to its termination i

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More transparency needed at export-import bank

By Julie Vorman

Kuwait contractor could be banned for security lapses

By Julie Vorman

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

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SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog

By Julie Vorman

After oil spill cleanup, mystery surrounds oil remaining in Gulf

By Laurel Adams

More than eight months after the Deepwater Horizon spill, researchers are still unable to paint an accurate picture on the amount of oil tha

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Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

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BP spill report underscores government complacency

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Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

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Oil spill cleanup fund is running out of money

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FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

By Laurel Adams

After more than two years of work, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to issue its National Preparedness Report, nor has it ado

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FEMA program finances dubious counter-terror toys

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Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

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FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

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As disasters strike, private sector preparedness program remains stalled

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Geoengineering research, if coordinated, may help curb greenhouse gases

By Laurel Adams

The White House should adopt a strategy for federal agencies’ research into geoengineering, a large-scale alteration of the earth’s climate

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Second quarter data added to Center's climate lobby database

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Denying global warming with John Stossel

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India struggles to confront climate change

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Transportation agencies steer into climate change debate

By Matthew Lewis

Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

By Laurel Adams

FEMA’s lackluster response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was blamed in part on poor coordination of funding, confusion over job roles, and

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FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

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As FEMA funds run out, senators from states with most disasters oppose funding bill

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FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

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Hurricanes expose FEMA woes

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EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

An Environmental Protection Agency website about products made from coal ash failed to disclose contamination risks and gave the improper ap

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By releasing coal ash sites, EPA raises more questions

By Kristen Lombardi

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

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EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

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"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

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"… duction program continues to be delayed and riddled with problems. (GAO) …"

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Green groups see red in recent administration actions

By Laurel Adams and John Solomon

The environmental groups that helped propel Barack Obama to the White House are feeling betrayed during a summer of discontent and climate i

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Energy dollars fueled campaigns of Democrats who defected on EPA vote

By Chris Hamby

Climate facts — and fancy

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Eight views on climate change: A guide to the Republican candidates

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Newt’s new money to fight climate change bill

By Marianne Lavelle

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"… enators threw up their arms and walked away from addressing global warming.Environmentalists watched in dismay when the White House was slow to react to the BP o …"

"… have disappeared.Some also took umbrage at a last-minute weakening of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulations governing the disposal of coa …"

Forest Service struggles with staffing as firefighting costs double

By Laurel Adams

In the last decade, the Forest Service’s costs for firefighting have doubled, totaling $1 billion in 2009, according to the inspector genera

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Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

State Dept. spends terrorism and emergency dollars on parties, rented linens and a kitchen

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SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe

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Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

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Nine states don’t deploy radiation safeguards

By John Aloysius Farrell and Laurel Adams

Critics in Congress question state claims that quick evacuations make iodine pills unnecessary; Japan is distributing iodine to people in th

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Congressman says 10-mile policy on iodine pills is irresponsible

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A science panel's curious end

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Officials turn to cheaper detectors to find a terrorist's nuclear materials

By Zach Toombs and R. Jeffrey Smith

Food safety labs may not have capacity to handle a crisis like Japan's

By Aaron Mehta and Laurel Adams

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"… id Peter Ricca, emergency response manager for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. “Having people evacuate is the most effective and best way.†…"

Energy Department stimulus funds produce questionable results

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Energy has struggled to show how its $41.7 billion in stimulus funding created jobs, reduced environmental risks or improv

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Taxpayer billions could fall short in creating new jobs, more efficient cars

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Missed warning signs: A Solyndra timeline

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Few stimulus-financed energy projects were ‘shovel ready’

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DOE needs better risk management

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