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METHANE LEAK: Company aims to pump more gas into Aliso Canyon storage site

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Southern California Gas Co. wants to resume pumping natural gas into the Aliso Canyon storage field a year after the biggest methane leak in U.S. history occurred at the site northeast of Los Angeles.

PIPELINES: Deadly blast in Ala. related to Sept. leak

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For the second time in two months, a pipeline in Alabama has shut down, and fuel prices have jumped as a result.

NATIONAL PARKS: Yellowstone hot spring walker pleads guilty

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A Canadian man pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to damaging an iconic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in May.

AIR POLLUTION: Tentative deal sets deadline for EPA action on Alaska soot plan

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U.S. EPA regulators would have to make a decision by next August on approving a soot cleanup plan for the Fairbanks, Alaska, area, under a proposed settlement to a lawsuit brought by environmental groups.

COAL: EPA to ask science advisers to assess rules' job impacts

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U.S. EPA outlined plans this week for complying with a court order to consider job losses and employment shifts tied to air regulations, but the agency also hinted at a possible appeal.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Enviro groups' filings highlight deficiencies

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Environmental groups weighed in yesterday on what they see as weaknesses in the Obama administration's contentious Clean Water Rule, arguing that the measure doesn't adequately protect the nation's waters.

WILDLIFE: Elephant poaching costs African nations millions in tourism

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African countries lose millions in tourism revenue a year due to widespread elephant poaching, according to a new study.

PUBLIC LANDS: BLM's 'ice monster' creates online sensation

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A post on the Alaska office of the Bureau of Land Management's Facebook page purporting to show an "ice monster" quickly garnered a half-million views and intense speculation over what could be moving through the Chena River.

NATIONAL PARKS: Car hits, kills grizzly in Grand Teton

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A vehicle hit and killed a grizzly bear in Grand Teton National Park over the weekend, officials announced.

OREGON STANDOFF: Ryan Bundy hints another takeover could be in the works

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Nevada rancher Ryan Bundy has warned that anti-government occupations may increase if the Obama administration decides to create a national monument in the Gold Butte wilderness area.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: FWS to grant Calif. wind project rare 5-year eagle 'take' permit

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The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to issue a permit for the second time ever allowing a Southern California wind power project to kill, harm or harass up to three federally protected golden eagles over a five-year period.

LOBBYING: Top Schumer aide heads to K Street

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A senior aide to the anticipated next leader of the Senate Democrats has landed in the influence industry.

PIPELINES: House Dems want 'thorough' investigation of fatal accident

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Key House Democrats are pressing the Department of Transportation for a "full and thorough" investigation of the gasoline pipeline explosion that left one dead and five injured in central Alabama earlier this week.

CLIMATE: Coalition urges candidates to support CCS technology

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A coalition of companies and environmental groups sent joint letters to the Trump and Clinton campaigns today outlining how to incentivize carbon capture and sequestration technology.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump supporters at rally dismiss climate science

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump offered up a list of campaign promises at a rally with hundreds of supporters here last week.

NORTH CAROLINA: Enviros pour more money into anti-Trump effort

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The League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund and Priorities USA Action will infuse another $1.5 million into efforts to hinder Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's White House bid, spending the funds on a new television ad that highlights the GOP nominee's most outlandish remarks on the campaign trail and elsewhere.

VIRGINIA: In hot House race, Democrat talks up climate change

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On a sleepy Thursday morning several days before the November election, members of the Rotary Club of Tysons Corner in suburban Virginia welcomed local businesswoman LuAnn Bennett to a 7 a.m. breakfast of bacon, eggs, zucchini muffins and political talk.

CALIFORNIA: Voters to decide on pot, plastic bags, funding megaprojects

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Plastic-bag makers, a retired farmer and several billionaires are spending millions of dollars to pass or defeat California ballot measures with major environmental impacts.

POLITICS: Clinton camp mulled KXL rejection as email distraction

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In August 2015, Hillary Clinton's campaign was grappling with how to dig out from bad press on her use of a personal email account when she was secretary of State.

WETLANDS: Army Corps rolls out guidance to help determine jurisdiction

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The Army Corps of Engineers yesterday unveiled guidance to help regulators in the field decide whether wetlands and streams on property being developed fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government in light of a high-profile Supreme Court decision.
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