Greenwire

In the final water rule released last week, the Obama administration moved to protect a handful of unique types of wetlands that have largely been uncovered by the Clean Water Act for the past decade and a half.

JONAH GAS FIELD, Wyo. -- The sound of drill rigs and fracking trucks now rules the high desert here. Gone is the mating call of the greater sage grouse, a showy bird that once strutted among blue-green hills puffing its chest and sounding odd rhythmic pops, squeaks and whistles. "We don't have a lot of birds here right now," Dale Woolwine, a BLM biologist, said on a bus tour last month through the Jonah field, now owned by Jonah Energy of Denver. "Lek attendance has dropped and is dropping around the field."

What are the biggest policy barriers to addressing water scarcity globally? During today's OnPoint, Jon Freedman, leader of global partnerships and government affairs for General Electric Co.'s water business, discusses a new report focused on addressing water scarcity through recycling and reuse. The report, co-authored by Freedman, outlines four overarching policy prescriptions, including incentives and education, for tackling water supply challenges.

A planned $50 billion canal across Nicaragua is viable, according to an unreleased environmental study quoted by government officials yesterday.

The first restart of a Japanese nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima disaster has been delayed.

The Nevada Legislature cleared a last-minute bill yesterday that would allow the state's largest power company to delay developing renewable energy projects to replace a closed coal-fired plant.

California lawmakers approved a bill yesterday to cut the authority of the Public Utilities Commission president and increase oversight of the agency.

A group of farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta filed plans with California regulators yesterday outlining how they would cut water usage.

The Department of Defense will adopt strict environmental controls at a massive underground fuel storage system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a jet fuel spill last year.

Ian Wright, co-founder of Tesla Motors Inc., is setting out to electrify the trucks that deliver packages, haul garbage and get work done everywhere.

U.S. EPA will now give greater attention to communities often impacted most by pollution when it comes to writing the agency's rules and regulations.

Prominent businessman Elon Musk's companies have benefitted from an estimated $4.9 billion in government subsidies, a review of records shows, raising questions about the firms' long-term viability without that support.

Organic agriculture is far more profitable than conventional farming as premium prices commanded by additive-free products exceed costs incurred for producing them, according to an analysis published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

As the Arctic Ocean opens up to more shipping and drilling, the U.S. Coast Guard is facing a critical shortage of icebreakers.

Wind generated more than 20 percent of electricity in three states last year and California became the first to draw 5 percent of its power from utility-scale solar last year, according to a survey from research firm Clean Edge Inc.

Promoters of nuclear energy predicted today U.S. EPA will tweak its Clean Power Plan to value existing and future reactors that the industry says are struggling and at risk of closure.

Three Minnesota dairy farmers were awarded nearly $2.5 million yesterday by a jury as damages from stray voltage scaring their cows.

One of two charges against a BP PLC executive has been dropped by a federal judge after a congressional committee argued it did not have to comply with a subpoena from the case.

The Texas company that operated a California oil pipeline that ruptured along the coast near Santa Barbara last month is facing a lawsuit from an area fisherman.

A federal appeals court sided with TransCanada Corp. in litigation over its Gulf Coast project, part of a network of pipelines -- including the proposed Keystone XL -- to transport oil sands crude to U.S. refineries.

Latest Images