Local, independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under p

There are many reasons—rooted in culture, politics and economy—that California has become a leader i

Officials in Ann Arbor, Mich., Union County, N.C., and Contra Costa County, Calif., are posting info

BP to Continue Test As Seepage Unrelated to Well (Reuters) BP can keep its blown-out Gulf of Mexico

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature can be full of surprises.But for the last eight sessions

The Aliso Canyon nightmare isn’t over for Sandy Crawford’s family and hundreds of other refugees fro

U.S. Election-Year Pressures Might Sink Carbon Cap Legislation, Kerry Says (Bloomberg)U.S. lawmakers

EPA Says Michigan Spill Appears Contained (Reuters) Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not

When New Yorkers flip the channel to their local news station Friday night, they'll likely be greete

During Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 2018, writer Gabrielle Blair

When it comes to the global climate crisis, carbon dioxide emissions represent a problem that’s mass

The top three coal companies in the U.S. mine the majority of their coal, as much as 88 percent of t

Following a catastrophic second half which saw the deaths of three people — including patriarch John

A few years ago, when a polysilicon shortage suddenly drove up the price of photovoltaic panels, sol

When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black Knoxvi