The Environmental Protection Agency, citing the budget sequester, has rejected a petition to review potential health hazards from coal mining air pollution, environmental groups said Wednesday.
In a letter to the groups sent Tuesday, Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe said EPA would not determine whether air emissions from the mines were a threat, nor subject them to new source rulemakings, which the groups had sought in their 2010 petition.
BEIJING (AP) — Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in hospital and finally a written warning from her doctor telling her she needed to leave, Small packed up and left for Thailand.
WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes.
Researchers say that more pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, explaining that models show increased turbulence over the north Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise.
United Nations officials said air pollution claims 6 million lives each year, but a shift to clean energy could cut the number in half by 2030, Bloomberg reports.
A new paper from retiring NASA climate scientist James Hansen reports a shift from coal-fired power to nuclear power has prevented nearly 2 million pollution deaths worldwide, Popular Science reports.
Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study found China's outdoor air pollution was linked to 1.2 million premature deaths, accounting for about 40 percent of total pollution-linked deaths, The New York Times reports.
Data from China's Ministry of Environmental Protection reveal environmental degradation from pollution cost China $230 billion in 2010, The New York Times reports.
Government response China's increasingly polluted air and water has been hindered by bureaucratic infighting, with environmental officials seeking restrictions on pollutants facing off against state-owned oil and power companies, The New York Times reports.
The American Petroleum Institute said the EPA ignored federal law by shortening the public comment period for its regulation to cut sulfur content in fuel, The Hill reports.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., apologized for referencing the Oklahoma tornadoes while criticizing Republicans on climate change during his weekly Senate speech, Fox News reports.
Harold Brooks, a researcher at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, said powerful tornadoes can't be blamed on climate change without more data, Bloomberg reports.
Despite successful tornado warnings in Oklahoma, Congress currently plans to let furloughs for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters take effect, Politico reports.
Tesla Motors' plan to repay its Energy Department loan as early as today offers President Obama a major victory after two years of criticism for his clean-energy plans, Bloomberg reports.
A poll from Yale and George Mason universities found a majority believe national leaders should put priority on combatting global warming and developing clean energy, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The European Union's probe into possible energy price manipulation has brought focus to oil companies' trading desks, units that sometimes take more risks than Wall Street firms, Reuters reports.
Indonesian authorities arrested Chevron executive Bachtiar Abdul on corruption charges despite a 2012 court order clearing him of wrongdoing, Reuters reports.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said his country and Pakistan should expand cooperation on power generation to help alleviate Pakistan's energy crisis, Reuters reports.
