TORONTO (AP) — Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday he is leaving the relationship between Canada and the United States in a very good state, but acknowledged a "very important decision" on the contentious Keystone XL pipeline looms.
Unlike the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Enbridge's construction of an oil sand pipeline through the United States has avoided scrutiny by taking smaller steps, InsideClimate News reports.
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline voiced concerns over two former campaign employees and a friend of Secretary of State John Kerry tapped as lobbyists for the project, Politico reports.
The Fish and Wildlife Service will require TransCanada to trap and relocate populations of the endangered American burying beetle if the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, Bloomberg reports.
TransCanada Corp. has hired lobbyists with connections to top Democrats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, to press approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Houston Business Journal reports.
A group of two dozen Senate Republicans urged President Obama against making Keystone XL pipeline approval contingent on "unrelated" climate change policies, The Hill reports.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington and promised a new cleanup plan by the end of summer, The Associated Press reports.
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Republicans will soon introduce a bill to establish Yucca Mountain as the nation's sole nuclear waste storage site, The Hill reports.
Bonnie Lautenberg, widow of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, has lobbied Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., to push her husband's chemical safety legislation, Roll Call reports.
The International Energy Agency projected natural gas would become an important transportation fuel within the next five years on cheaper prices and air pollution concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Unlike most oil companies, BP is lobbying Congress to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard based on its partnership with DuPont to develop a new alternative fuel by year's end, Bloomberg reports.
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., would make a strong candidate to fill her committee's empty seat if he wins the Massachusetts Senate election, The Hill reports.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., led a group of Republican senators to criticize the Obama administration's recent shift in the "social cost" of carbon in calculating the benefits of new regulations, The Hill reports.
Mining equipment manufacturers are improving machine efficiency and productivity to help mining companies counter high labor costs and declining prices, Reuters reports.
Ratepayers in Pittsfield, Mass. will see an increase in sewer costs as the city makes an estimated $40 million in EPA-required improvements to the system, the Berkshire Eagle reports.
