Accounting practices at the Environmental Protection Agency have helped mask how much the Bush administration has slashed penalties against polluters, according to congressional investigators.
A Government Accountability Office report to be released Tuesday says the agency has overstated its enforcement of environmental violations to the public and to Congress by including fines that may never be paid when it tallies penalties.
EPA has been overstating penalties against polluters, congressional investigators say
The fossil fuel industry spent decades sowing doubt about the dangers of burning oil and gas,...
A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other...
At least four people, including a baby, were killed after a series of tornadoes struck Oklahoma...
