It didn't take much for Sen. Jim Inhofe's office to get an official with the Environmental Protection Agency to quit.
First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental groups as a much-needed initial move in reducing pollution and protecting public health from the toxic chemicals involved in the oil and natural gas drilling process. But many cautioned it was just a first step.
The Nation on the health toll of the oil spill, USA Today on the EPA's failure with smelting, Mother Jones on seabirds, and The New York Times on greening Europe and reading Thoreau
Environmental issues have been framed mostly as economic issues during this election campaign: How can we bring down gas prices? Can we create jobs with a new oil pipeline? Does the Environmental Protection Agency cost jobs?
The Environmental Protection Agency has weighed in on the fracking debate to say, for the first time, that the controversial practice may contribute to groundwater pollution.
By many measures, North Dakota is one of America's less extraordinary states. Petroleum production is not one of those measures.
An EPA study found cancerous compounds, including one used in hydraulic fracturing to harvest natural gas, in an aquifer in Wyoming, ProPublica reports.
The reaction on green blogs and progressive websites
Backing off plan to tighten air quality rules, Obama cites 'regulatory burdens' on industry
Cars will get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 if they don't get caught in legal loopholes
Republicans have attached 39 riders curtailing regulations
On testing chemicals, a politician's crusade against Islam, and the value of one's voice
Money is no longer at stake but core values are
All 31 GOP committee members also voted to say they don't believe in global warming
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