The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed objections to an air quality permit a South Dakota state agency had granted for a large coal-fired power plant, a move environmentalists hailed as the beginning of a new era on coal powered plants.

By Allison M Heinrichs On a muggy, late-summer day, about the time 9-to-5 employees are heading home from work, Nida Lapsys was just getting started. Clipboard in hand, she climbed a steep driveway to a single- story ranch house in Upper St. Clair and knocked. No answer.

A White House task force that was supposed to devise a federal plan to research the issue of pharmaceuticals in drinking water has missed its deadline and failed to produce mandated reports and recommendations for coordination among numerous federal agencies, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

By Tara Bozick, Victoria Advocate, Texas Oct. 12--Dirty water still flows through Texas on the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, environmental groups find. Environment Texas released a report on Thursday to show how facilities regulate pollutant discharge.

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration Monday in an environmental lawsuit, allowing a company to seek recovery of some of its costs for voluntarily cleaning up a hazardous site.