SPOTLIGHT

1. SUPREME COURT

Bipartisan calls to delay Kavanaugh vote intensify

Embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh today issued a new and stronger denial that he sexually assaulted a woman during a high school party more than three decades ago but said he would be willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the accusation.

SPOTLIGHT

1. SUPREME COURT

Bipartisan calls to delay Kavanaugh vote intensify

Top Stories

2. HURRICANE FLORENCE

A second coal ash impoundment has breached — EPA

3. REGULATIONS

8 ways that EPA's helping the coal industry

4. ASBESTOS

Lack of EPA oversight puts students, faculty at risk — IG

Politics

5. AIR POLLUTION

EPA rejects requests to address cross-state emissions

6. PEOPLE

John Dingell suffers apparent heart attack

7. PEOPLE

Interior lawyer jumps to Bracewell

FLORENCE

8. AGRICULTURE

Greens plan aerial surveillance of N.C. hog farms

9. EXTREME WEATHER

Still dumping rain, massive storm heads northeast

10. BY THE NUMBERS

Florence's toll on the Carolinas

Natural Resources

11. PUBLIC LANDS

Former Colo. nuke site opens to public as wildlife refuge

12. PUBLIC LANDS

National forest will give Native American bones to tribes

13. ENDANGERED SPECIES

Mexican wolves found dead in Ariz., N.M.

14. GRAND CANYON

Bat tests positive for rabies at national park

15. OCEANS

Cape Cod shark attack kills engineering student

Law

16. AIR POLLUTION

Court rebuffs EPA again on ozone implementation rule

17. CLIMATE

FOIA suit seeks records on airline emissions standards

18. WATER POLLUTION

Appeals court upholds $8M judgment against Canadian company

19. CHEMICALS

Chicago, surfer group oppose U.S. Steel settlement

20. OIL AND GAS

Okla. man could face 250 years for fraud, money laundering

Climate Change

21. EMISSIONS

Former DOE official takes helm of carbon capture initiative

22. METHANE

Shell announces emissions crackdown

Federal Agencies

23. SCIENCE

N.M. observatory reopens after investigation

Public Health

24. WILDFIRES

Firefighter's death caused by retardant drop from 747

Air and Water

25. WATER POLLUTION

Poor communication compounded Ore. crisis, report says

States

26. OREGON

State rejects protection for small redwoods forest predator

27. MONTANA

Freight train kills grizzly bear

28. NEW ENGLAND

Huge squirrel population chomps crops, driving farmers nuts

International

29. EXTREME WEATHER

Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after killing dozens

1. HURRICANE FLORENCE

A second coal ash impoundment has breached — EPA

2. HURRICANE FLORENCE

Coal ash breach comes as rain pounds Carolinas

3. PEOPLE

Interior lawyer jumps to Bracewell

4. SUPREME COURT

Bipartisan calls to delay Kavanaugh vote intensify

5. PEOPLE

John Dingell suffers apparent heart attack