The Supreme Court ordered the EPA Monday to explain why it has refused to regulate greenhouse emissions from cars, putting the Bush administration under pressure from both environmental groups and automakers to move quickly on global warming.

A California condor has laid an egg in Mexico for the first time since at least the 1930s, biologists at the Zoological Society of San Diego announced Monday.

A California condor has laid an egg in Mexico for the first time since at least the 1930s, biologists at the Zoological Society of San Diego announced Monday.

The Supreme Court ordered the EPA Monday to explain why it has refused to regulate greenhouse emissions from cars, putting the Bush administration under pressure from both environmental groups and automakers to move quickly on global warming.

When the squat, red firetruck, smelling of greasy french fries, reached the literal end of the road, two young Americans jumped out and gave each other "high fives."

An environmentalist kept silent from 1973 to 1990 to protest pollution, becoming a well-known figure in the San Francisco Bay Area's crowded gallery of eccentrics. But in the 17 years since he broke his silence, he has been making a living doing the very thing he once eschewed: talking.