A scientist from the federal Environmental Protection Agency working here for the Super Bowl was arrested this morning, accused of stealing a taxicab, police said. ...more

January 28, 2009

at long last - kill the Ridge Road extension boondoggle. Doing so would benefit taxpayers and the environment. ...more

January 26, 2009

Last month, scientists publishing in the journal Nature declared that they had all but unraveled the biological mystery of what made a woolly mammoth woolly and, well, mammoth, laying the foundation for a tale worthy of the late Michael Crichton. ...more

December 7, 2008

Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York City skyline to the east. You're also standing on a critical part of New Jersey's, and the nation's, energy future. ...more

October 26, 2008

NO ONE NEEDS TO WORRY about health threats, people are told. But the words don't match the actions as new testing is ordered and notices are sent to families about the underground spread of dangerous chemicals from a Raytheon plant in St. Petersburg. One thing is certain: Dealing with the pollution will take years. ...more

July 27, 2008

People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature on Monday in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature today in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 14, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday is expected to call on the federal government's help in cleaning up the toxic groundwater plume of chemicals that has spread to Azalea Elementary School from the Raytheon defense plant in west St. Petersburg. ...more

July 13, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday is expected to call on the federal government's help in cleaning up the toxic groundwater plume of chemicals that has now spread to Azalea Elementary School from the Raytheon defense plant in west St. Petersburg. ...more

July 12, 2008

State regulators have presented city officials with another laundry list of concerns about plans to dredge a waterway linking Lake Deedra to the Pithlachascotee River, one of three permit requests for a multimillion-dollar project. ...more

January 26, 2008