The Government Accountability Office finds that 26 coal-burning power plants have reported spills or other unpermitted releases of coal ash from 35 surface impoundments over the past decade. More...

President Obama visited the nation's largest solar photovoltaic facility in Florida last week -- but Dr. Stephen A. Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says that doesn't necessarily signal that the state is on its way to a clean energy future. More...

What's the South thinking about global warming, President Obama and the public option? Read our latest poll roundup and find out. Plus: Deeds done in Virginia? More...

Joseph Pizarchik is a Pennsylvania mining official whose appointment to a key Interior Department post sparked opposition from coalfield residents -- and now a mystery senator has placed a hold on his nomination. More...

Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations atop Coal River Mountain, where environmental advocates have been promoting alternative plans for utility-scale wind power. More...

What's being billed as the largest day of political action in the planet's history aims to draw attention to solutions to the climate crisis. More...

The EPA has promised to more strictly regulate toxic coal ash -- so is it really such a good idea to still be pushing its use on agricultural crops? More...

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled that a class-action lawsuit brought against greenhouse gas polluters by Mississippi property owners who suffered severe damage in Hurricane Katrina may go forward. More...