"The House Democrat defended his push for disclosure of funding sources, but says a request for professors’ communications was an 'overreach'."?

Prompted by a new California rule, manufacturers of polyurethane foam furniture are removing potentially toxic flame retardants from their new products. But the sale of old furniture in second-hand stores may put poor people at greater risk.

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to cut down on emissions from refrigerators."

"By failing six years ago to implement higher entrance fees across all 131 parks that charge them, the National Park Service left tens of millions of dollars on the table in potential revenues, a report from the Interior Department's Inspector General asserts."

"The EPA has been unable to collect the data it needs from the multibillion dollar oil and gas sector, which has stymied a five-year federal study."

"The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says."

"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed last week to hear the first case to challenge U.S. EPA's role in the massive loss of bees in the last decade."

"A federal judge on Monday chastised the Environmental Protection Agency for its 'mishandling' of Freedom of Information Act requests."

"A University of Colorado environmental studies professor says he is the target of a congressman's "witch hunt" because he expressed doubt in congressional testimony about whether climate change is making natural disasters worse."

"Georgia Power filed documents Friday acknowledging more delays and cost increases tied to its massive nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle south of Augusta."