WASHINGTON President Barack Obama plans to propose the first-ever national emission limits for cars and trucks as well as average mileage requirements of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 all costing consumers an extra $1,300 per vehicle. Obama&...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Energy prices resumed their climb into summer driving season Monday, a show of confidence that Americans will overlook dismal economic news as they head out on their Memorial Day weekend trips. Benchmark crude for June delive...

DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press - 05/19/09 ARLINGTON, Virginia The Environmental Protection Agency should not wait for Congress before taking steps to control the gases blamed for global warming, supporters of U.S. greenhouse-gas regulation said ...

FRESNO, Calif. As drought forces families in the West to shorten their showers and let their lawns turn brown, two Depression-era government programs have been paying some of the nation’s biggest farms hundreds of millions of dollars to grow ...

Endangered species, energy hogs and mountains of garbage may sound like insurmountable grown-up problems to little people looking to make a difference on Earth Day. Fear not. With save-the-planet buzz filling up their worlds, kids have a fresh crop o...