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In a deal announced today, a coalition of unions representing thousands of Detroit city workers said their members approved 10 percent pay cuts and other…

Update 4:14 p.m.“The most important thing to understand regarding this shutdown is the health and safety of our employees and the public has never been…

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says it commissioned a study that tested tap water in 35 cities across the United States and found a cancer causing…

Record rainfall in the Chicago area has heightened concerns that invasive Asian carp will escape electronic and physical barriers along the Des Plaines…

The nuclear accidents in Japan have raised questions about the future of about 20 planned new nuclear power plants in the U.S, including one in Michigan.…

The Obama administration last week pledged to spend $275 billion in hopes of reducing mortgage interest rates and lowering monthly mortgage payments. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros reacts to the bailout plan and discusses reasons behind current problems faced by the mortgage industry.

Running the country's largest wastewater treatment plant is not easy.You've got to treat more than 700 million gallons of 'who-knows-what' every day.In…

In Florida, Lake Okeechobee's water level dropped enough that dry grasses on the lake floor caught fire. But the weather isn't the only reason for the state's water woes, the author of a new book says.

We’re rounding the corner on the three year anniversary of the Enbridge oil spill near Marshall.The cleanup isn’t over yet and so far, more than a million…

Arrests and protests have followed last week's declaration of martial law in Pakistan. Journalist Ahmed Rashid, a regular guest on Fresh Air, tells Terry Gross that president Pervez Musharraf's latest gambit could encourage more civil strife — and greater territorial gains by the Taliban.