A bonfire built by college students and never fully extinguished was responsible for the massive wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed 210 homes, many of them multimillion-dollar properties, authorities said. An anonymous tipster told police 10 students gathered Nov. 12, …
An air traffic controller who told authorities that the Federal Aviation Administration covered up safety issues at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has filed a discrimination claim charging the agency with refusing to promote her because of her complaints. Anne Whiteman …
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s credentials may be green, but gathering financial gloom means fixing the economy will take priority on his agenda before dealing with national carbon trading and clean-energy investment. Analysts and carbon brokers believe Obama’s support for an …
Political leaders urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to help forge a new economic order and lead the world out of its worst financial crisis since the 1930s. Excitement about the election of Democrat Obama as the first black …
The U.S. Senate approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009. The measure was also passed earlier by the House of Representatives and must still be signed by President George W. Bush. The bill was …
President George W. Bush approved federal disaster aid in Alabama to supplement state and local recovery efforts from Hurricane Ike in Mobile and Baldwin counties. The White House announced Sept. 26 that the action makes federal funds available on a …
In addition to working overtime on the Wall Street bailout over the weekend, the Senate also approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009. The measure was passed earlier last week by the House of …
U.S. congressional leaders will try again on Friday to save a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after talks broke down in acrimony against the backdrop of the nation’s biggest-ever bank failure. As negotiations over the White House’s unprecedented bailout …
After President George W. Bush surveyed the damage along the Texas Gulf Coast just days after Hurricane Ike rammed its way onto Galveston Island, he urged Americans not to succumb to “disaster fatigue” and to continue giving money to hurricane …
The Group of Eight major industrialized countries (G8) meeting next week in Japan cannot by themselves set effective long-term world goals on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the White House said on Tuesday. “With evidence mounting of rapidly rising emissions from …
