LOS ANGELES (Sept. 3) - A decade behind schedule, a $350 million downtown high school finally opened on Wednesday after years of environmental, seismic and legal troubles. "Weve been waiting a long time to get this," said Uriel Rivera, an 18-year-old senior at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center. "A lot of people in the community were supposed to graduate from here, but they didnt. I thought it was going to be the same for me." Rivera was among more than 2,400 students who streamed into the school on its first day — long after what had been expected to be a late 1990s debut… » More
A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canadas northern Arctic. » More
U.S. Coast Guard releases its final environmental impact statement. » More
Should a liquified natural gas terminal be built 63 miles off of Alabamas coast? Environmentalists arent the only ones opposing the proposal.… » More
Emissions of junk mail are equal to those of over nine million cars or 51 million tons of greenhouse gases. » More
Thirty years ago this summer, America learned the name Love Canal. The working-class Niagara Falls neighborhood built atop tons of chemical waste… » More
The term "eco community" might conjure up an image of bearded hippies tending to the farm. However everyday people are finding that modern eco… » More
A national junk removal service has opened a branch in Mobile. They say they’re focused on cleaning up and recycling. » More
Fisherman Terry Pizani turns his captains wheel with a mournful expression on his face. Far below, the fishing grounds off the Louisiana coast… » More
National Geographic Adventure Magazine recently named Mobile as one of the “Next 50 Great Adventure Towns.” » More
Without ever lifting a shovel, an archaeologist could dig through Dave Chameides house and get a pretty good picture of how he has lived for… » More
Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the worlds oceans. » More
Curbside paper recycling is growing in West Mobile. » More
The nest of an endangered leatherback turtle has been found in northwest Florida, in what wildlife officials say is somewhat of a rare find. » More
Striking new research in the Southern California mountains suggests recent warming is behind a massive die-off and rapid migration to higher… » More
Despite taking a beating from the credit crunch, the clean energy sector is being tipped as a golden opportunity for investors. » More
The report from Conservation International, issued at this weeks International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, looked… » More
Youve heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate… » More
The EPA will be cleaning up the old American Bumper Plating facility for several months. » More
Could a ban on plastic bags make it to the Gulf Coast? » More
