INSURANCE executives held out hope to the afflicted late last month by announcing their willingness to end a notorious industry practice: charging higher premiums to people with health problems or denying them coverage altogether.

For some residents in the neighborhoods closest to the fast-rising Red River here, the last-minute announcement by anxious city officials that they would build a second set of dikes to protect the heart of this state

Public Service Electric and Gas, New Jersey

With reserves of natural gas already diminishing at drilling sites like this one near Kingsville, Tex., more utilities are switching to that fuel, which could mean higher home heating prices.

Published: February 2, 2009

A leading idea to fight global climate change is to permanently remove some of the carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere.

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A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic coal wastes and new legal constraints on coal-fired power plants.

Published: January 20, 2009

CINCINNATI

Sea level rise fueled by global warming threatens the barrier islands and coastal wetlands of the Middle Atlantic States, a federal report warned on Friday.

The report, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey and other agencies, is one of a series examining the potential effects of a rising sea level on the nation

Published: January 16, 2009

BOSTON

Published: January 14, 2008

GUNNISON, Colo. (AP)