SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. may have to dump radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean if it can't build above-ground storage facilities quickly enough to store water leaking from the Fukushima plant, Bloomberg reports.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pacific island nations and environmentalists raised an alarm Sunday over destructive fishing methods and overfishing that they say are threatening bigeye tuna — the fish popular among sushi lovers worldwide.
ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ (AP) — Some 100 nautical miles northeast of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean, a fleet of U.S. Navy fighter jets slings from the deck of the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier, leaving thin trails of smoke on the tight runway.
The operation, part of maneuvers involving several thousand sailors as part of the world's largest naval exercises in waters off Hawaii, was at the center of a growing controversy involving defense spending and foreign oil.
The West Coast will see an ocean several inches higher in coming decades, with most of California expected to get sea levels a half foot higher by 2030, according a report released Friday.
The study by the National Research Council gives planners their best look yet at how melting ice sheets and warming oceans associated with climate change will raise sea levels along the country's Pacific coast. It is generally consistent with earlier global projections, but takes a closer look at California, Oregon and Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last frontier on Earth is out-of-this-world, desolate, foreboding, and moon-like, James Cameron said after diving to the deepest part of the ocean.
An eight-country investigation in the southern Pacific by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists documents the decline of the jack mackerel due to overfishing, and says it may foretell the progressive collapse of fish stocks in all oceans, The New York Times reports.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said growing stocks of U.S. natural gas can serve as a bridge to develop more renewable energy capacity, The Verge reports.
The State Department released the first batch of 100,000 public comments on its draft environmental impact study of the Keystone XL pipeline, Bloomberg reports.
Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency and three other agencies will take their first furloughs stemming from budget cuts today, Politico reports.
Current and former U.S. officials say Iranian hackers have boosted cyberattacks against computer networks at energy companies, Dow Jones Business News reports.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is in Portland, Ore., on Friday to announce new energy cooperation with Gov. John Kitzhaber and a representative of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, The Hill reports.
Attorneys general in four Northeastern states announced they would petition the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a new review of regulations governing nuclear waste storage, The Associated Press reports.
A panel of infrastructure experts in New Jersey criticized Gov. Chris Christie for remarks that suggested there was no evidence of a link between climate change and Hurricane Sandy, E&E Publishing reports.
Participants in the Energy Department's Better Buildings Challenge, designed to reduce energy consumption at buildings, saved about $58 million in energy costs last year, The Journal Sentinel reports.
Commodities firm Prime International Trading Ltd., filed lawsuits against BP, Statoil and Royal Dutch Shell for alleged price manipulation, Reuters reports.
