LOS ANGELES/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Julayna Smith has a problem. Over the years, she has accumulated eight cell phones in trying to keep up with the latest models. Her boyfriend has also started a small Blackberry pile of his own. "I don't know the first place to look to recycle a phone, I just have no idea where I would ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says a central California landfill that local residents blame for birth defects can keep accepting hazardous waste from Superfund sites. The landfill next to Kettleman City is run by Waste Management Inc. In a letter released by the company Wednesday, the ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste at stores across California in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide, prosecutors said Monday. The settlement ends a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, will pay $27.6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly stored, handled and dumped hazardous waste at stores throughout California, state investigators said on Monday. The accord ends a five-year probe in which California investigators said they found violations at 236 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores ...

Six in 10 Americans — about 175 million people — are living in places where air pollution often reaches dangerous levels, despite progress in reducing particle pollution, the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday. The Los Angeles area had the nation's worst ozone pollution ...

California air regulators took steps Thursday to delay the nation's toughest rules to slash emissions from diesel-powered construction equipment, saying the poor economy has left many of the vehicles sitting idle. Members of the California Air Resources Board said they want to give companies more time ...

California consumers will have to act fast to get mail-in rebates on energy-efficient appliances provided by the latest federal stimulus program. The "cash for appliances" program will distribute $35.2 million in rebates beginning Thursday — Earth Day — in order to stimulate the economy and cut energy use in the ...

Drivers will have to pay more for cars and trucks, but they'll save at the pump under tough new federal rules aimed at boosting mileage, cutting emissions and hastening the next generation of fuel-stingy hybrids and electric cars. The new standards, announced Thursday ...

A United Nations agency that regulates the international shipping industry adopted a plan Friday to dramatically reduce air pollution from ships that sail within 200 nautical miles of the U.S. and Canadian coasts. The decision by the London-based International Maritime Organization establishes an ...

Parts of the country that haven't worried about air pollution may soon be in the fight California has faced for decades: cleaning up smog. Stricter rules proposed Thursday by the Obama administration could more than double the number of counties across the country that are in violation ...