The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday released a rough schedule and outline for an investigation into whether utility customers should continue to pay for a nuclear power plant that hasn't…
NUCLEAR POWER: Commission releases plans for San Onofre investigation
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OIL AND GAS: Chevron paid $10M after Calif. refinery fire
Chevron Corp. paid approximately $10 million and began corrective measures after a fire at its Richmond, Calif., refinery last summer, company officials said. The majority of the money was allocated…
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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Calif. wind turbines kill fewer birds -- study
The number of birds killed by wind turbines in a California pass has fallen annually by about 50 percent since 2005, according to a new study. The study examines the…
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Lighting industry asks EPA for picture-perfect Energy Star specs
Mirror-gazers and art lovers take note: Lighting industry members said they want U.S. EPA's Energy Star program to permit lower efficiency standards for higher light-quality LED bulbs. LED lighting manufacturer…
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OIL AND GAS: Judge says Ecuadorean plaintiffs bribed him in Chevron pollution suit
A former Ecuadorean judge claims that he accepted a bribe to ghostwrite a judgment that ordered Chevron Corp. to pay $18.2 billion for rainforest pollution. The sworn statement from Alberto…
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COAL: Enviros move to restart lawsuit over 'stream buffer' rule
Environmental groups are moving to reopen litigation against the George W. Bush administration's "stream buffer zone" rule for limiting pollution from mining near waterways. The Sierra Club, Coal River Mountain…
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GULF SPILL: Judge expected to rule today on BP settlement agreement
A federal judge is expected to decide today whether to accept a potentially record-setting $4 billion settlement agreement between BP PLC and the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges…
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WILDLIFE: Dolphin that died in polluted canal was already ill -- scientist
An aging dolphin that died after getting trapped in a polluted New York canal was sick and may not have survived anywhere, a marine biologist said. Kim Durham of the…
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: 10 pygmy elephants may have been poisoned -- officials
Officials suspect poison in the deaths of 10 endangered Borneo pygmy elephants in Malaysia, wildlife officials said today. For the past three weeks, the elephant bodies were found near each…
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MINING: Idaho may be home to abundant rare-earth reserves
Idaho may be the key to the world's rare-earth minerals shortage, industry experts say. The state is potentially filled with large deposits of neodymium, lanthanum and cerium, minerals that are…
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WILDLIFE: Mont. abandons plan to halt wolf hunt outside Yellowstone
Montana wildlife officials are abandoning their efforts to halt wolf hunting outside Yellowstone National Park after a recent court ruling. The ruling would have dragged the issue out until hunting…
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CALIFORNIA: L.A. mayoral candidates spar over rail, green jobs
Candidates for Los Angeles mayor clashed yesterday on how to fund future transit improvements and the best way to grow green jobs. Five rivals wanting to replace outgoing Mayor Antonio…
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REGULATIONS: Watchdogs accuse tiny federal office of blocking health and safety rules
Two watchdog groups put a bull's-eye today on the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, calling it a major roadblock to federal health and safety regulations. With an annual budget…
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ETHANOL: Study backed by oil industry finds E15 damages automobile fuel systems
A study released today showing fuel containing 15 percent ethanol could damage a "substantial" number of cars on the road underscores the need to repeal federal biofuel mandates, according to…
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EPA: Issa, Vitter probe regional administrator's emails
Congressional Republicans widened their probe today of U.S. EPA email practices, accusing the Region 8 administrator of using his personal email account to conduct government business. House Oversight and Government…
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TRANSPORTATION: LaHood steps down; sector speculates on potential successors
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told his staff today he is stepping down from the job as soon as the Obama administration names his successor, kicking into overdrive speculation about possible…
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OCEANS: NMFS proposal lets Navy harm 30M marine mammals
The Obama administration is proposing to allow the Navy to harm more than 30 million marine mammals while conducting exercises in two training ranges over the next five years. Under two proposed rules to be published in Thursday's Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service would allow the Navy to kill, injure or disrupt the behavior of whales, dolphins and other marine mammals 9.6 million times in the Hawaii and Southern California training ranges and 21.8 million times in the Atlantic training range over a five-year period beginning in January 2014.
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OIL AND GAS: Western Energy Alliance's Sgamma discusses future of Interior's fracking rule
How will the Interior Department revise its controversial draft rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing? During today's OnPoint, Kathleen Sgamma, vice president of government and public affairs at the Western Energy…
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OBITUARY: 21-year-old grandson of oilman T. Boone Pickens dies
Thomas "Ty" Boone Pickens IV, the 21-year-old grandson of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, died this week. Police suspect the Texas Christian University student died as a result of a…
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CAMBODIA: Chinese demand threatens nation's forests
Illegal logging is threatening -- and in some cases actively destroying -- the forests of Cambodia. China's expanding middle class has a high demand for hardwood furniture, and countries like…
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