The EPA wants to release a list of 'chemicals of concern' for public comment, but the list remains locked up with the White House Office of Management and Budget for the last three years, the Center for Public Integrity reports.
In the lead up to next month's G-8 conference, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for greater transparency from mining and fossil fuels industry, Bloomberg reports.
Senate Democrats this week will try to get three of President Barack Obama's Cabinet appointees past Republican delaying tactics, including his picks to lead the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Action on both of those nominations could come as soon as Thursday. That day Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer will try for a second time to send to the full Senate the nomination of EPA administrator nominee Gina McCarthy. Republicans blocked a committee vote last week.
League of Conservation Voters holds media teleconference to discuss postponement of committee vote on Gina McCarthy nomination. LCV board member and former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert to speak.
Senate Republicans on Thursday forced the postponement of a committee vote on President Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, making Gina McCarthy the third cabinet nominee to be slowed by the GOP in recent days.
Republicans on Wednesday also blocked a committee vote on Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez, and have for now kept Energy secretary nominee Ernest Moniz from a final confirmation vote by the full Senate. Top Democrats insisted, however, that they will get Obama's nominees confirmed in the coming weeks.
HOUSTON (AP) — Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant's collapse could be reduced by as many as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached Wednesday between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are waiting to the last minute to decide whether to try to delay a vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., was among Republicans on the panel who have sought to get McCarthy to their demands for greater rulemaking transparency and to give industry a role in lawsuit settlements between EPA and environmental groups.
A group of those senators met late Wednesday to discuss their plans for the committee vote, but Boozman said no conclusions were reached and that they would talk again before the voting session Thursday.
HOUSTON (AP) — Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant's collapse could be trimmed by as many as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached Wednesday between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators are investigating whether workers at a factory that supplies parts to nuclear plants broke quality control rules and falsified records, according to regulatory filings.
EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe criticized the State Department's Keystone XL environmental review at a hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
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.
