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

RIO GRANDE: Drought sparks high-stakes legal battle over water rights in West

0
0
As drought continues to choke the Southwest, a battle over the rights to dwindling Rio Grande flows is reaching a boil in central New Mexico. And more water wars are…

NOAA: Sequestration 'not going to be pretty' for fisheries, climate satellites -- Lubchenco

0
0
Budget reductions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could lead to delayed storm warnings and reduced catch for fishermen, if Congress allows automatic spending cuts to take effect next…

INTERIOR: Options abound for Salazar as he heads home to Colo.

0
0
As Interior Secretary Ken Salazar prepares to return to Colorado, his work over the past eight years in Washington likely leaves him with a bright, if somewhat complicated, political future.…

URANIUM: Va. mining fight rages on in ad campaigns

0
0
With the failure in the Virginia General Assembly of a high-stakes bid to overturn a state moratorium on uranium mining, both sides are pressing Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to take…

MINING: Grover Norquist enters fight over Wis. iron tax

0
0
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist is warning Wisconsin lawmakers against adding a new levy on iron mining as part of state reform legislation. Norquist, the president of Washington, D.C.-based Americans for…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviro coalition sends ESA wish list to Obama admin

0
0
A coalition of environmental groups today submitted a handful of proposals to the Obama administration on how it could improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act. The groups proposed scrapping…

ETHANOL: E.U. approves 10% duty on U.S. imports

0
0
The European Union has approved a nearly 10 percent duty on ethanol imports from the United States. The Council of the European Union said it approved yesterday a duty that…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Wind, solar lobbyists scramble to shield grants from sequester cuts

0
0
Sweeping federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect next month have sparked a quiet lobbying campaign and veiled threats of lawsuits from renewable energy interests expecting smaller project grants. Much…

SUPREME COURT: Justices seem skeptical about soybean farmer's challenge of biotech patents

0
0
The Supreme Court today asked tough questions about an Indiana soybean farmer who's challenging agricultural giant Monsanto Co.'s patents for genetically modified seeds. The justices quickly bore in on Vernon…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Obama admin stands by Bush polar bear rule, won't use ESA to curb emissions

0
0
The Obama administration will uphold a George W. Bush-era rule for managing polar bears that steers clear of using the Endangered Species Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The Fish…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Wyo. dreams of marrying its wind to rich Calif. markets

0
0
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. -- If all goes according to plan, a few years hence, hundreds of thousands of homes in Southern California will be turning on their lights with electricity generated by Wyoming's whipping winds. That's the ambitious vision of billionaire-backed energy companies and economic development officials aiming to construct thousands of turbines and hundreds of miles of power lines connecting remote, windy Wyoming to dense cities across the Desert Southwest.

ENERGY POLICY: API's Gerard discusses future of LNG exports, Keystone and climate bill

0
0
How will Congress proceed on natural gas and climate issues? During today's OnPoint, Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, discusses his recent testimony on liquefied natural…

BULGARIA: Prime minister resigns amid protests over high electricity costs

0
0
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov resigned yesterday amid nationwide protests fueled by high electricity costs. Bulgarians are deeply discontented about high energy prices, power monopolies, a low standard of living…

CHINA: Nation limits 6 sectors to combat air pollution

0
0
China will impose emission caps on six polluting industries, including coal-fired power plants and steel and petrochemical factories, in an effort to improve air quality in major cities. The World…

IDAHO: State Senate will take up endangered species bill

0
0
The Idaho Senate will consider a measure that gives the state more power to make decisions about endangered species. The Resources and Environment Committee voted to give the state the…

ALASKA: State Senate passes cruise wastewater bill

0
0
The Alaska Senate yesterday passed a bill that would alter how the state regulates cruise ship wastewater. Gov. Sean Parnell (R) proposed the legislation, which would mandate that cruise ships…

WATER POLLUTION: W.Va. court strikes down EPA-based guidance for strip-mining permits

0
0
A West Virginia court has struck down a state regulatory request that a mining permit for Arch Coal Inc. include federal water pollution guidelines. The standards are at the heart…

PUBLIC HEALTH: Study links man-made chemicals to cancer, disease

0
0
Synthetic chemicals in commonly used products could be partially to blame for a global rise in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a U.N.-sponsored research team reported yesterday. These…

CHEMICALS: More disclosure needed to combat fragrance allergies -- report

0
0
Fragrances in everything from cleaning fluids to personal care products are contributing to allergies, which a new report says underscores the need for more disclosure and safety regulation. The public…

WATER POLLUTION: EPA spill plans need updating -- IG

0
0
U.S. EPA must bolster response plans for spills of oil and other hazardous pollutants by improving its use of technology, the agency's inspector general said in a new report. In…
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images