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US Supports Reducing Pollution, But Takes It Slowly

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green


UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners "a very significant" threa...

What If We Hadn't Cut Back On CFCs? A Scary World

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Here's rare good news about an environmental crisis: We dodged disaster with the ozone layer. A NASA study about ozone-munching che...

Unearthed: The News Without the Chaff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Bush eases mining pollution regulations, greenhouse gases reach record levels, 2008 hurricane season sets records, Big Three spent $50 million lobbying Congress this year, and more.