Quantcast
Channel: Greenwire
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live

DRINKING WATER: N.M. high court won't hear Rio Grande diversion case

0
0
The New Mexico Supreme Court this week backed a plan from Albuquerque's metro-area water utility to divert water from the Rio Grande in a move that could end more than a decade of legal wrangling over the diversions.

WATER POLLUTION: Feds launch criminal probe into W.Va. chemical spill

0
0
A federal grand jury has launched a criminal investigation into West Virginia's massive chemical spill.

BIOFUELS: EPA files court brief defending 2013 renewable fuel target

0
0
U.S. EPA is defending its 2013 biofuel mandate in the face of a court challenge brought by a small refinery and oil industry trade groups.

COAL: Groups aim to sway appellate judges to protect W.Va. historic site

0
0
Environmental and historic preservation groups are hoping to persuade a panel of federal appeals court judges tomorrow to protect the site of a 1921 West Virginia miner uprising from new coal mines.

OCEANS: Adrift fisherman's family calls survival story a 'miracle'

0
0
Family members of an El Salvadoran fisherman say they believe his claim that he spent 13 months adrift at sea before washing ashore in the Marshall Islands last week.

WILDLIFE: Rats could evolve to size of sheep -- scientist

0
0
As larger animals go extinct, rats might eventually grow to the size of sheep to fill the void, according to a University of Leicester scientist.

INVASIVE SPECIES: 18-foot Burmese python killed in Fla. Everglades

0
0
An 18-foot Burmese python was captured and killed yesterday in the Florida Everglades, officials said.

WILDLIFE: Feds OK Md. wind farm's plan to reduce bird, bat deaths

0
0
A Maryland wind farm will soon implement its first measures to reduce the deaths of endangered bats and birds after federal officials approved a mitigation plan Monday.

FISHERIES: Shark-finning bans in 3 states consistent with federal law -- NMFS

0
0
Bans on shark finning in California, Maryland and Washington state are consistent with federal law, the National Marine Fisheries Service told the states this week.

BLM: New deputy director known as 'solid problem solver'

0
0
The Bureau of Land Management today named Steve Ellis as its deputy director for operations, the agency's second-highest post.

EPA: Texas war over agency regulations comes to Capitol Hill

0
0
Texas officials and GOP lawmakers used a congressional hearing today to harangue federal regulators for meddling in their state.

CLIMATE: USDA hubs to equip farmers for warming's effects

0
0
The Agriculture Department today named seven regional hubs that will form the basis of the department's efforts to address the risks that climate change poses to farmers.

DROUGHT: Obama threatens to veto House bill offering more water for Calif. farms

0
0
The White House has threatened to veto a bill to give farmers more of California's scant water supplies.

NOMINATIONS: Senate panel to vote on controversial Interior, EPA picks, wildlife bills

0
0
Rhea Suh, the controversial nominee to be Interior assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks, will face a Senate committee vote tomorrow along with potentially contentious White House nominees for U.S. EPA's Office of Water and the Chemical Safety Board.

KEYSTONE XL: House GOP rules out linking pipeline approval to debt ceiling

0
0
Faced with shaky support within their ranks for linking approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to an increase in the federal borrowing limit, House Republicans today nixed the move and began re-evaluating approaches to the must-pass debt legislation.

OFFSHORE WIND: Interior to advance Ore. floating turbine proposal

0
0
The Interior Department is expected to announce today that it's advancing a Seattle company's plan to install the nation's first commercial floating wind turbine facility.

AGRICULTURE: Bees get short shrift in farm bill

0
0
Count bees among the losers in the long farm bill debate.

NEWSMAKER: Point man on La. coastal issues moves on, leaving a large legacy

0
0
Louisiana's point man on coastal issues, who led a major overhaul of the state's storm protection and wetlands restoration programs and was a key figure in its response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announced yesterday that he is stepping down.

NUCLEAR: Spate of reactor closures threatens U.S. climate goals -- DOE

0
0
The Obama administration is concerned that a recent and growing spate of premature U.S. reactor closures could threaten the country's aggressive climate goals, a top Energy Department official said today.

KEYSTONE XL: Canadian Ambassador Doer confident on pipeline's approval

0
0
Will the final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline be based on politics or science? During today's OnPoint, Gary Doer, Canada's ambassador to the United States, reacts to the State Department's final environmental impact statement on the pipeline and explains why he believes the pipeline will ultimately be approved. He also talks about the politics that are at play as the Obama administration considers the project's future.
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images