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

NOMINATIONS: Banking committee hearing set for Obama's transit chief pick

0
0
Therese McMillan's nomination to permanently head the Federal Transit Administration will get a hearing Thursday before members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

POLITICS: Manchin drops out of No Labels group

0
0
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced he would step down as honorary co-chairman of the group No Labels, which was set up to promote bipartisan cooperation.

TAX POLICY: Lapse in forgiven-debt exemption hurts Sandy victims

0
0
A federal tax provision that exempts forgiven debt from being taxed as ordinary income expired at the end of last year, posing problems for disaster victims.

CALIFORNIA: Greens fight to save bag ban amid push for repeal

0
0
Environmental groups in California launched an effort yesterday to prevent repeal of the first statewide plastic bag ban.

COAL: Lawmakers, utilities fume about transport issues

0
0
Lawmakers and electric utilities are pressing the Surface Transportation Board to lean on BNSF Railway Co. amid ongoing problems related to transporting coal to power plants.

ADVOCACY: Former NOAA chief joins call for diversity in conservation movement

0
0
The conservation movement suffers from "vitriolic, personal battles" in a field dominated by men and lacking needed diversity, according to more than 200 environmentalists and scientists, including a former top Obama administration official.

REGULATIONS: Liberal group urges Obama to act quickly on 'do or die' rules

0
0
With the clock ticking down on President Obama's second term, pro-regulation advocates have issued a wish list of rules they want the administration to finalize quickly to shield them from possible GOP repeal.

CLIMATE: EPA releases new state 'carbon budgets' under power proposal

0
0
U.S. EPA moved yesterday to show states what their responsibilities would be if they choose to use cap-and-trade programs to comply with a landmark federal draft rule aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

CLIMATE: FERC tasked with reliability, not writing carbon rule -- LaFleur

0
0
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's job is to ensure the grid remains reliable as plant operators comply with U.S. EPA's greenhouse gas proposal -- not to tell EPA how to write the rule, FERC Chairwoman Cheryl LaFleur told reporters today.

CLIMATE: EPA faults grid overseer's analysis of power plant rule

0
0
U.S. EPA pushed back yesterday against the electric grid monitor's warnings about the Clean Power Plan's threat to reliability, saying the organization's report ignored major changes already taking place in the nation's power system.

PROPERTY RIGHTS: Unprecedented ruling strikes ESA protections on private land

0
0
A federal judge this week struck down a government prohibition on harming the threatened Utah prairie dog on private property, setting up a potential constitutional showdown on the reach of the Endangered Species Act.

CHINA: Beijing blocks pollution data during APEC

0
0
Authorities have censored pollution-monitoring data during the seven-day Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Beijing this week.

DENMARK: Nation aims to end fossil fuel use by 2050

0
0
Denmark hopes to end its use of fossil fuels in all forms by the year 2050.

NEW YORK: Artist spray-paints bird graffiti to warn of climate change

0
0
A local artist and his landlord are bringing 314 murals of North American birds to the neighborhood where ornithologist John James Audubon lived out the last years of his life.

HAWAII: Lava flow consumes first home

0
0
The lava flow that has been threatening the town of Pahoa, Hawaii, in recent weeks destroyed a house yesterday, according to officials.

WATER POLLUTION: Scientists detect trace levels of radiation from Japan disaster off Calif. coast

0
0
Researchers have detected the first faint traces of radioactivity off the coast of California from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, though scientists say the radiation levels are not high enough to threaten human or marine life.

COLORADO RIVER: Feds flood Grand Canyon to release sediment behind dam

0
0
Federal officials yesterday opened the floodgates on the Glen Canyon Dam, allowing a large drawdown of Lake Powell, spanning the Arizona-Utah border, to course through the Grand Canyon.

PESTICIDES: Regulatory change boosted chemical use on Calif. strawberry fields

0
0
California pesticide regulators have allowed some growers -- overwhelmingly strawberry producers -- to ignore restrictions for a pesticide called 1,3-Dichloropropene, which the state believes causes cancer.

NATURAL GAS: Trade group offers online map of roadside refueling stations

0
0
Natural Gas Vehicles for America today launched an online map to help truckers and other drivers find stations where they can fuel up on compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas.

SOCIETY: Sports teams push eco-friendly messages

0
0
In an effort to stimulate conversation about environmental issues, the Manchester United soccer team in England is hoping to communicate eco-friendly messages to fans during soccer matches.
Viewing all 49850 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images