Environmental History

Groundbreaking set for $55 million N.C. History and Education Center (New Bern Sun Journal)

13 May 2008

Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens plans to break ground June 20 for the North Carolina History and Education Center. The center is planned to be the state's first certified "green" building.

EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town (KTVA Anchorage)

13 May 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund site.

S.C. professors, students sign statement opposing Bush visit (The Times and Democrat)

13 May 2008

More than 200 Furman University students and faculty members are objecting to the school’s first visit by a sitting U.S. president, criticizing the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq war and environmental issues.