MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Bankrupt Patriot Coal will become the first U.S. operator to stop large-scale mountaintop removal mining in Central Appalachia under a historic agreement with three environmental groups.
The Senate has approved the Sportsmen's Act, designed to expand access for hunters and fisherman to federal land and to update several conservation policies, The Hill reports.
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — The Midwest has always provided access to cheap, plentiful water. But this year's drought is forcing some companies in the heartland to face a future in which that won't be the case.
The ancient practice of harvesting rain water is making a surge advanced countries like Germany and Great Britain to bring water to drought-stricken areas, The New York Times reports.
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — A subsidiary of the second-largest U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items such as plastic shipping pallets, railroad ties and park benches.
The International Energy Agency said that the increasing importance of water in energy production could result in a doubling of the amount of water needed, posing the threat of water shortages, Bloomberg reports.
Environmental groups including 350.org and the Sierra Club are set to host a demonstration on Nov. 18 to pressure newly re-elected President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, The Hill reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Monday criticized a decision by the struggling Asian nation of Laos to build the first dam across the mainstream of the Mekong River, a project that environmentalists warn could affect tens of millions of livelihoods and trigger a dam-building spree along Southeast Asia's mightiest waterway.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Fire management officials in the Great Smoky Mountains say the national park could be, well, a little smoky starting on Monday.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan is establishing a research program designed to bring more scientific credibility to the federal government's billion-dollar battle to clean up the Great Lakes, officials said Tuesday.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
