"A climate change bill working its way through Congress this week has been packed with amendments aimed at giving the coal industry a chance to survive if technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions is eventually perfected and deployed."

Despite having been banned in most uses for years, carbon tetrachloride, a probable carcinogen, persists in the environment. USA TODAY found it outside 70 of 95 schools in 30 states.

The House passed a measure that would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed guns in National Parks. It passed 279 to 147, with 105 Democratic votes.

U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide related to energy use fell 2.8 percent last year, driven down by high oil prices and the sagging economy -- the steepest drop since 1982.

"Railroad companies are pressing federal regulators to cut back on trains carrying hazardous materials through urban areas, saying they fear a catastrophic release of toxic chemicals in a large city."

The Environment Report's Lester Graham interviews Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about problems and challenges he faces.

Gasoline prices are creeping back upward, but more American drivers are expected to hit the roads this Memorial Day than last year.

"Federal officials, who have spent much of the last decade 'avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act,' need a contingency plan to save the endangered fish, the judge says."

Canadian scientists are taking a closer look at dioxin-like contaminants in the Great Lakes called polychlorinated naphthalenes. They accumulate in fish and are toxic to humans.

"Critically ill newborns may help researchers figure out whether children are at risk from plastic additives called phthalates."

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is interviewed by Lester Graham of The Environment Report.

"For the first time, the government will enact a national limitation on car emissions, President Barack Obama announced" Monday.

"Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president." Visitors carrying loaded and concealed weapons in National Parks.

The House Energy Committe amended its climate bill to include a "Clean Energy Deployment Administration" within the Energy Department that would fund new nuclear plants as well as renewables.

"Fighting off shareholders’ environmental resolution, Dow cites inaccurate information in its SEC filing"