Pollution

Bayway Refinery in Linden, N.J., is one of two refineries that are involved in the settlement. It's no longer owned by Exxon, but they are on the hook for the cleanup.

Exxon Settlement Falls Short Of Damage, N.J. Democrats Say

7:54am March 20, 2015

by Joel Rose

Gov. Chris Christie is defending the state's $225 million settlement for decades of contamination at two refineries as a "good deal." But Democratic lawmakers and environmentalists say otherwise.

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The abandoned Cherokee Clay and Brick Mine in Lee County, N.C., may become a landfill for coal ash.

After Toxic Ash Spill, Energy Company And Locals Struggle Over Solution

12:23pm March 18, 2015

by Dave DeWitt

A storage failure at a coal-fired Duke Energy plant sent tens of thousands of tons of ash into a North Carolina river last year. Now, the company wants to move its stored waste to two abandoned mines.

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Journalist Chai Jing used $160,000 of her own money to produce a documentary on China's air pollution problem.

The Anti-Pollution Documentary That's Taken China By Storm

8:29pm March 04, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

A prominent journalist with a sick child quit her job and produced an eye-opening look at the consequences of China's air pollution problem. Some 200 million have watched it since the weekend.

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A fisherman collects water on a beach littered with trash at an ecological reserve south of Manila in 2013.

8 Million Tons Of Plastic Clutter Our Seas

3:13pm February 20, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

A scientist estimating the weight of candy wrappers, bags, bottles, syringes and other plastic trash in the world's water sees a synthetic tsunami. Should China and India create more landfills?

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Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont., in September. New EPA guidelines treat toxic coal ash from such plants much the same as common household garbage.

New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Nonhazardous

11:58am December 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Environmental groups had sought to have coal ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, regulated as hazardous waste.

Duke Energy CEO: 'I Don't Think Of Myself As A Powerful Woman'

7:01am October 22, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

Female executives are a rarity in the energy industry. But Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy, took the helm of the utility giant just as it was grappling with some very public challenges.

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Environment

Tour de Yadkin Runs Through June 28

10:17pm June 17, 2014

The Yadkin Riverkeeper's Tour de Yadkin is in full swing and there's still time to sign up for a trip on the water.

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