Increased drilling activities in the Arctic could cause serious harm to bowhead whales, according to an updated analysis by the National Marine Fisheries Service and Interior Department. Boosting the number…
ARCTIC: Bowhead whales could experience 'major' impact due to increased drilling -- NMFS
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PENNSYLVANIA: DEP secretary announces resignation, will return to law firm
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection chief announced his resignation today, saying he planned to return to his law firm next month.
DEP Secretary Michael Krancer said he'll start work at Blank Rome LLP, one of the country's largest law firms, immediately after he leaves the state post on April 15. Krancer will lead the firm's Energy, Petrochemical and Natural Resources Practice at the firm's Philadelphia office.
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FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Despite push for modest raise, CR maintains pay freeze
While the six-month spending bill that was sent to the White House yesterday averted the possibility of a government shutdown, it also dashed the hopes of federal workers who were…
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CAMPAIGN 2013: Markey, Lynch tell billionaire Keystone XL foe to stay out of their primary
Massachusetts Reps. Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch today decried billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer's efforts to sway voters in their special Democratic Senate primary, calling on the California climate activist not…
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BUDGET: GOP files anti-climate-change amendments, but Dems hold their fire
Today's marathon Senate voting session on the budget will include a bonanza of policy votes, including several on climate change. But with one exception, all the climate-related amendments that have…
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BUDGET: Amendment takes strange-bedfellows approach to repealing renewable tax credit
An amendment that could see a vote in the Senate later today takes an unusual approach to repealing a popular renewable energy tax credit by tying it to an unrelated…
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NEWSMAKER: Billionaire plans effort to calculate cost of inaction on climate
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A billionaire environmental activist from California will launch an effort to quantify what inaction on climate could cost the country, a study that could land just…
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OIL AND GAS: FERC sidesteps prickly cross-border pipeline fight
Federal energy regulators opted today to stay out of a heated cross-border dispute pitting Canadian pipeline titan Enbridge Inc. against a Colorado company over alleged bias in transporting heavy Canadian…
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OIL SHALE: Obama to scrap Bush-era royalty rule
The Obama administration today will propose withdrawing a George W. Bush administration royalty rule designed to encourage the development of oil shale reserves in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, a move…
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PUBLIC LANDS: Obama to designate 5 new national monuments
President Obama will declare five new national monuments Monday, ranging from 240,000 acres on a high-desert plateau in northern New Mexico to early European settlement sites along the Delaware River. The designations are aimed, in part, at quieting critics who in recent months have called on the president to expand his use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to conserve land as compensation for lands the administration has made available for oil and gas development.
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CHINA: 1,000 dead ducks found in river
More than 1,000 duck carcasses were discovered yesterday in a river in a southern Chinese province, triggering an investigation. The birds were taken from the Nanhe River in Sichuan province's…
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SOUTH KOREA: Int'l pressures undermine nation's nuclear waste plan
South Korea, the fifth-largest nuclear energy producer, is reaching capacity with its radioactive waste storage system, and its first-choice waste management system is opposed by the United States. Currently, South…
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PERU: Nation declares state of emergency over Amazon oil pollution
Peru yesterday declared a state of emergency for an Amazon jungle region it says has suffered years of contamination from the country's most active oil fields, which are currently operated…
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MONTANA: Natural disaster responders 'lack civility and teamwork' -- report
An internal report criticized the work environment at Montana's Disaster and Emergency Services, which responds to natural disasters, calling it dysfunctional and divisive. The report, conducted by an independent consultant,…
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MARYLAND: 'Black liquor' measure comes back to life as bottle bill dies
A Maryland bill that would reduce renewable energy subsidies by millions of dollars for largely out-of-state paper mills will be brought back to the state Senate floor next week after…
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WASHINGTON: House sends greenhouse gas bill to governor's desk
The Washington House on Monday cleared a measure that would allow the state to hire a consultant to review its efforts to cut carbon emissions. The bill, which has been…
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CALIFORNIA: State should hand over parks to local governments, nonprofits -- report
California's state parks are in such disarray and disrepair that the state should cede control of them to cities, counties or private groups, a new report from the Little Hoover…
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LOUISIANA: Coal train derails near New Orleans
A coal-carrying train derailed yesterday in a New Orleans suburb but injured no one, police said. The train was traveling from southern Illinois to Convent, La., when it derailed in…
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SUPERFUND: Scientists testing N.J. toenail clippings for carcinogenic metal
Scientists are set to test the toenail clippings of residents living near a federal Superfund site in New Jersey to determine whether they were exposed to a toxic metal. In…
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COAL: Regulator proposes new industry fees
The federal Office of Surface Mining is proposing new industry fees to cover the cost of processing permits and conducting inspections. OSM, which announced its proposal in today's edition of…
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