The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to spare an aquatic animal rearing facility amid pressure from environmental groups and potential litigation, the Center for Biological Diversity said this week. CBD along…
ENDANGERED SPECIES: TVA power plant retrofit spares aquatic hatchery
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NATIONAL PARKS: Critics question need for Colo. monument plan at time of budget cuts
A National Park Service retirees group is urging NPS to cancel planned public meetings to discuss what kinds of activities and events are suitable at the Colorado National Monument, questioning…
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PEOPLE: Leadership changes at National, American coal councils
Janet Gellici, president and CEO of the American Coal Council, is switching roles to become chief operating officer at the National Coal Council, that group announced recently. Founded in 1982,…
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TRANSPORTATION: Ryan budget would reduce transit, highway investments -- CBO
A Republican budget blueprint before the House this week would reduce federal highway and transit investments in fiscal 2015, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis touted by House Democrats.…
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ENERGY MARKETS: House panel approves package of Dodd-Frank bills
The House Agriculture Committee this morning approved a package of bills meant to protect public utilities, small energy companies and other entities from financial regulations. All seven of the bills…
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FEDERAL AGENCIES: House panel passes bill to fire government employees who haven't paid taxes
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning approved a controversial measure that would require federal agencies to terminate seriously tax-delinquent federal employees. In addition, anyone deep in tax…
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ENERGY POLICY: House panel approves controversial hydro, helium and cabin fee measures
A majority of Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee today approved a controversial, bipartisan measure that eases environmental reviews for small hydroelectric projects -- despite objections from Democrats that…
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ENERGY POLICY: Landrieu says revenue-sharing bill will 'get to the finish line'
Pledging to restore "fundamental fairness" for coastal communities, two oil-state senators this morning unveiled a proposal to funnel potentially billions of dollars in future energy revenues to states. The measure…
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BIOFUELS: Small biodiesel producers still reeling as EPA sorts out fraud
Small biodiesel companies continue to suffer from the lingering effects of three fraud cases in the fuel credit market despite U.S. EPA's efforts to clean up the mess. Refiners are…
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TECHNOLOGY: Fast ignition for fusion energy closer after supercomputer's record simulations
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) pushed the boundaries of the largest and second-fastest supercomputer in the world to perform record simulations that can help model the interaction…
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ARMY CORPS: Senate panel swiftly clears WRDA
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this morning unanimously advanced a major water policy bill that would authorize new flood protection, navigation and ecosystem restoration projects while instituting a…
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SUPREME COURT: Justices uphold EPA's policy on logging road runoff
The Supreme Court today upheld U.S. EPA's policy for regulating stormwater runoff on logging roads in the Pacific Northwest. The 7-1 ruling in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center backed EPA's policy that logging roads are not industrial point-source pollution and consequently don't require Clean Water Act permits.
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NATURAL GAS: Former FERC Commissioner Spitzer discusses reliability concerns
Are the potential natural gas reliability issues facing New England a result of regulatory hurdles or investment issues During today's OnPoint, Marc Spitzer, a former commissioner at the Federal Energy…
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NORWAY: First osmotic power plant approved
The first-ever project to try to create energy from the difference in salt concentration between seawater and river water has been approved in Norway. The osmotic power plant allows for…
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CHILE: Red tide of dead crustaceans washes ashore
Thousands of dead crustaceans have washed ashore on a Chilean beach, prompting an investigation of what some call the red tide. Experts are considering water temperature and oxygen levels in…
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AFGHANISTAN: Nation hopes for big boost as Chinese company prepares to tap crude oil
China's largest oil company is poised to be the first to start commercial production of crude oil in Afghanistan, according to an Afghan official, potentially kicking off a resource boom.…
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CALIFORNIA: Earthquake warning system lags behind
California is developing an ambitious earthquake warning system, but it would need significant investment to keep pace with what is already in place in other earthquake-prone places, like Japan and…
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NEW YORK: Fraud investigations target heating oil companies
Several New York heating oil companies face investigations over whether they sold diluted fuel, cheating tens of thousands of customers, according to law enforcement and city authorities. Last week, authorities…
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TENNESSEE: Senate committee rejects mountaintop coal mining ban
A bill that would ban mountaintop coal mining in Tennessee died yesterday in a state Senate committee. The bill did not receive a single vote. State Sen. Lowe Finney (D),…
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MONTANA: Roadkill meat bill gets initial OK
A measure that would allow Montanans to eat roadkill got initial approval yesterday from the state Senate. The bill -- which would let officials issue permits so people could salvage…
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