The Center for American Progress and the Wilderness Society launched a new campaign to push for a stronger balance between conservation and new energy exploration, The Denver Post reports.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening one of the world's largest fresh water lakes.
House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee hearing, "Citizen and Agency Perspectives on the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act." Deputy Interior Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition Pamela K. Haze, Forest Service Deputy Chief Leslie Weldon to testify.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, "Water Resource Issues in the Klamath River Basin." Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor among witnesses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday decisively sided with Oklahoma and rejected Texas' claim that it has a right under a 30-year-old agreement to cross their common border for water to serve the fast-growing Fort Worth area.
A new research report published in Biological Conservation found fishing nets play a role in 400,000 seabird deaths each year, The New York Times reports.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government approved a key permit Tuesday that helps pave the way for construction of a waste-to-energy plant in Puerto Rico that local environmentalists have long opposed.
An early June heat wave has hindered South Korea's efforts to reduce energy consumption amid a stretched power supply, The Wall Street Journal reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Congress passed a farm bill, Democrats had control of the House and the food stamp program was about half the size it is today.
There are some significant differences between the Senate and House versions of the farm bill working their way through Congress this summer. A look at the bills:
The planned Cape Wind offshore project in Massachusetts won a $200 million commitment from Denmark's public pension fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., pledged to push a vote to complete the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., moves to limit filibusters, Roll Call reports.
The Army Corps of Engineers said it would not conduct a cumulative environmental review of three coal export terminals or consider overseas climate change impact in its reviews, E&E reports.
Legal experts say U.S. natural gas companies could file lawsuits against the Energy Department to speed decisions on liquefied natural gas exports, Reuters reports.
House Appropriations Committee Democrats criticized Republicans for cutting Energy Department spending on renewable energy by 50 percent, The Hill reports.
A communique released at the close of the G8 summit expresses leaders' concerns over climate change and pledges support for a new international climate change treaty in 2015, Business Green reports.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill to open parts of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to timber development, KTOO reports.
