Citing Safety Concerns, 16 States Oppose Trump Plan to Ship Natural Gas by Rail January 16, 2020 By Timothy Gardner Attorneys general from 16 U.S. states have opposed a Trump administration proposal to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail,...
U.S. Scientist Files Whistleblower Complaint Over Order to Stop Climate Work August 15, 2019 By Timothy Gardner A climate scientist for the Trump administration’s health protection agency who was ordered by his agency to drop work on...
Court Says Trump Administration Must Implement Chemical Safety Rule August 20, 2018 By Timothy Gardner A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement an Obama-era chemical safety rule introduced in...
Arctic Winter Ice Covers 2nd Smallest Area on Record, Opening Region to Shipping March 28, 2018 By Alister Doyle and Timothy Gardner Winter sea ice on the Arctic Ocean covered the second smallest area on record this year, part of a thaw...
U.S. Says Russia Behind Years of ‘Multi-Stage’ Cyber Attacks on Energy Grid March 16, 2018 By Dustin Volz and Timothy Gardner The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two...
Ex-Coal CEO Blankenship Urges Trump to Probe 2010 Mine Blast in West Virginia May 18, 2017 By Timothy Gardner A former coal executive who last week finished a yearlong prison sentence for conspiring to violate safety standards at a...
Second ‘Hottest’ Year on Record in U.S. Included 10 Major Weather Events in 2015 January 25, 2016 By Timothy Gardner Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate...
How Regulators Caught Volkswagen’s Diesel Deception September 25, 2015 By David Morgan, Paul Lienert and Timothy Gardner The confession of cheating that’s embroiled Volkswagen AG in one of the biggest scandals in auto industry history came on...
EPA Finds Little Evidence Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water June 5, 2015 By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Washington LNG Blast Spotlights Natural Gas Safety April 7, 2014 By Joshua Schneyer, Richard Valdmanis and Timothy Gardner An unexplained blast this week at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in rural Washington state, which injured workers, forced...