In a controversial move, the Obama administration last week gave final approval for the oil and gas industry to begin conducting seismic testing to map potential offshore reserves along the Atlantic Coast

Pollution from industrial facilities is contaminating more than 17,000 miles of rivers nationwide, with the greatest toxic threat posed to watersheds in the South

This week North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed into law a bill that opens up the state to fracking for natural gas

North Carolina’s legislature convened last week, and lawmakers introduced a bill that brings the state one step closer to allowing oil and gas drilling

The White House has released the most comprehensive scientific assessment to date of climate change and its regional impacts, and it reports that the Southeast is “exceptionally vulnerable”

Amount the U.S. Department of Energy is providing in loan guarantees to build two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, GA: $6.5 billion

Rank of Angola among the largest maximum security prisons in the United States: 1

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is making the case for opening his state up to yet another player in the dirty energy industry

Risk of cancer for people living within a mile of unlined coal ash pits: 1 in 50

Percent by which the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is below its late 1960s purchasing-power peak, after adjusting for inflation: 22