WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats have voted to place Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., in charge of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered dried mushrooms might be slowing climate warming in dry spruce forests in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. House committee has opened an investigation into how banks on the brink of collapse manage to pay their executives huge bonuses.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional Democrats say they have scheduled hearings into failures at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but not until after the election.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. House investigative committee gave the Defense Department documents indicating a top Republican fundraiser overcharged the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Republican platform may include a first-ever plank on global warming, an examination of a draft document indicated.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Two bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives are aimed at protecting American children, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said Saturday.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Government officials were misled by Blackwater in order to obtain lucrative contracts, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said.
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. House of Representatives committee will investigate health insurers who cancel coverage when policyholders get sick, the committee chairman said.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The largest threat global warming poses to U.S. security is linked to how it impacts countries less prepared to manage climate change, studies indicate.
ROME, June 21 (UPI) -- Italy-based Vega Energy will work with Global Warming Solutions in a joint venture.
NEW YORK, June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say their research is providing the first study showing global warming is hastening extinction for some of Earth's reptiles and amphibians.
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- A new Gallup Poll shows a high level of awareness among Americans about global warming, but a far lesser degree of worry about the phenomenon.
ORLANDO, Fla., April 4 (UPI) -- A leading U.S. hurricane researcher said the increase in hurricane activity has very little to do with global warming.
ATLANTA, April 3 (UPI) -- Unchecked global warming and an exploding population could result in cannibalism, controversial U.S. former media mogul Ted Turner says.
