Why are bees dying? The U.S. and Europe have different theories.

Brad Plumer for The Washington Post May 04

The mysterious collapse of bee colonies around the world has turned into a real crisis. In the United States, domesticated bee populations have ...

Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

Furloughs underway, but uncertainty remains for many workers

The Washington Post Apr 22

After months of nervous anticipation, federal workers begin the first major round of furloughs this week, even as much uncertainty remains at some ...

Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

Environmentalists seize on Biden's Keystone XL remarks to launch new attack

Juliet Eilperin for The Washington Post May 09

Environmentalists have seized on a comment Vice President Biden made while working a rope line in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, in which he told an ...

Topics: climate change

PM Update: Showers and storms into evening, dwindling overnight

Ian Livingston for The Washington Post May 08

Update, 4:45 p.m.: Severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30 p.m. for northern Fairfax and central Montgomery county. Storm capable of producing ...

Topics: climate change

Cuccinelli unveils tax-cut proposal

Laura Vozzella for The Washington Post May 08

RICHMOND — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II said Tuesday that if elected governor, he would cut business and individual income taxes by ...

Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

Recognition week seen as antidote to fed bashing

Joe Davidson for The Washington Post May 08

Washington lingo loves acronyms and abbreviations. Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, has a new one that seems appropriate ...

Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

South Korean President Park Geun-hye answers questions

The Washington Post May 08

South Korean President Park Geun-hye spoke with senior associate editor Lally Weymouth and other Post journalists Wednesday after her meeting with ...

Topics: climate change