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- WHITE HOUSE: Scientists grow disillusioned waiting for 'clear guidance' from Obama administration
William Hirzy, a former U.S. EPA chemist, has a favorite example when discussing the role of science in government policy: fluoride in drinking water. His view -- and that of the EPA chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union -- is that the chemical can be dangerous, possibly increasing the risk of bone cancer in young boys. But EPA has yet to change its 4-milligrams-per-liter drinking water standard (though a spokesman said the agency is "actively moving ahead" with an assessment). Hirzy worries that EPA officials are dragging their feet because the U.S. Public Health Service has long touted fluoride as a beneficial additive to drinking water. And to him, that slow response is indicative of the Obama administration's failure to fulfill its promise of scientific integrity in federal agencies. - CAMPAIGN 2010: Kirk's cap-and-trade flip-flop may not hurt him
With Labor Day fast approaching, it remains unclear how important an issue cap and trade will be in the fall elections. Republicans have sought to capitalize on voter angst around… - WATER: Flood fears downstream hinder plans to divert Red River of the North
The rush to subdue the intemperate Red River of the North is being second-guessed, despite years of biblical flooding and the best efforts of North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan (D).… - TRANSPORTATION: Rail oversight falls to safety agency, forcing high-speed changes
The nation's high-speed rail push put the Federal Railroad Administration on a new track, with some questioning whether the agency is up for the journey. FRA was primarily a safety… - GULF SPILL: BP executive ignored well leak warnings before blast
A BP PLC official told federal investigators that he did not notice an e-mail warning about the risk of severe gas flow on the Deepwater Horizon rig a few days… - CAMPAIGN 2010: More than 20,000 Alaska ballots remain uncounted
The Alaska Division of Elections has more than 20,000 absentee and questionable ballots to process that could decide the disputed Republican Senate primary race between incumbent Lisa Murkowski and challenger… - CLIMATE: El Niño changing, but impacts unknown
The El Niño weather phenomenon doubled in intensity and warmth and shifted westward over the past 30 years, according to a new study, but further research is needed to determine… - ELECTRICITY: Chile to relocate coal plant to preserve penguin habitat
Chile and France's GDF Suez will relocate a proposed $1.1 billion coal-fired power plant that had sparked public protests due to its proximity to an endangered penguin reserve. The new… - RENEWABLE ENERGY: Pentagon opposes wind power projects
While the Obama administration is spending billions of dollars on wind power, the military is increasingly opposing wind turbine projects because they can wreak havoc with surveillance radar. The moving… - OIL SANDS: Shell debuts new process to clean tailings
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is so confident that its new tailings process will scrub the image of the oil sands, the company is offering the details on the process for… - AUTOS: Ford's road to an electric-vehicle future starts in the Pacific Northwest
The city of Seattle and Ford Motor Co. inked a partnership yesterday to prepare the region's consumers and electric grid for a day when millions of automobiles charge up at… - TRANSPORTATION: Calif. high-speed rail line would create thousands of 'green' jobs -- report
A high-speed rail line in California would prevent nearly half a billion pounds, or 220,000 metric tons, of carbon dioxide emissions a year by 2035, while also creating thousands of… - AIR POLLUTION: Judge upholds L.A. port's truck emissions rules
A federal judge has given the nation's busiest port complex authority to require shipping trucks to reduce air pollution. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder ruled yesterday that the Port… - FORESTS: Kremlin halts construction of controversial highway
The Russian government has decided to halt construction of a controversial highway linking Moscow to St. Petersburg, citing environmental concerns that the project would destroy the historic Khimki Forest. President… - MINING: Companies illegally tip off workers about inspections
Mining companies are illegally alerting workers underground of surprise inspections, which federal regulators have stepped up after a West Virginia mine explosion killed 29 people in April. "We're looking at… - ENDANGERED SPECIES: Woman tries to smuggle tiger cub in luggage
A Thai woman tried to smuggle a live tiger cub onto an airplane by hiding the drugged animal among stuffed tiger toys in her luggage, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife… - LEAD: Battle brews over push to ban substance from hunting ammo
Gun-rights activists are mobilizing in opposition to a request by environmental groups that U.S. EPA ban lead from hunting bullets and fishing tackle, raising the prospect of a politicized battle… - TOXICS: German company tied to Chinese drywall maker
German manufacturer Knauf Gips, parent company of the toxic drywall manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin, has long held that it is not liable for millions of pounds of defective drywall exported… - OIL AND GAS: Bolivia aims to overhaul energy sector
Bolivia will attempt to overhaul its energy industry over the next five years, becoming more than just a net exporter of natural gas. "We want to industrialize Bolivia and leave… - PUBLIC HEALTH: An army of bedbugs is amassed to find better ways to kill them
Mark Feldlaufer grows bedbugs -- tens of thousands of them -- and feeds them with expired blood from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They suck in the red blood cells…