Environment

OSHA’s slowness on safety rules has lives at risk, Senate panel told

By Sam Hananel - The Washington Times

Smithsonian welcomes Discovery to space collection

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

2012 Hyundai Elantra ranked one of the ten best green cars by Kelley Blue Blook

By HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

Scientists: Fish are sick where BP’s oil spill hit

By CAIN BURDEAU - Associated Press

Parts shortages could slow production of cars

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

DUNCAN: Plugging into American energy

By Rep. Jeff Duncan

New shrimp-like species found in New Mexico cave

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

First Solar lays off 2,000 workers

By Chris Kahn ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Hunters win in vote about dead polar bears

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.N. strongly condemns N. Korea rocket launch

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Ridership way up as transit systems degenerate

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Big gaps found in nursing homes’ disaster plans

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

WEINSTEIN: Democrats’ dumbest new energy idea

By Bernard L. Weinstein

Ford to use all-electric car as NASCAR pace car

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

WVU-Va. Tech symposium to explore energy issues

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Car buyers betting on fuel savings

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

Forecasters: Dangerous storms threaten Midwest

By Timberly Ross - Associated Press

$**FILE** A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site operates near Burlington, Pa. Natural gas locked in dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio requires a powerful drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to release it. (Associated Press)$