President Bush Signs Yucca Mountain Legislation
Update: President Bush signed a resolution today making Yucca Mountain-- some 90 miles from Las Vegas-- the nation's main nuclear waste repository.

The president's resolution overrides Nevada's veto of the Bush administration's plan, which received final congressional approval earlier this month.

Nevada officials have five federal lawsuits still pending against the project. The Energy Department, which has long supported the plan, must first obtain a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a process that could take several years. (7/23/02)

Nevada Governor Vows to Fight Nuclear Waste Storage Decision
Update: Despite final Congressional approval to build a massive nuclear waste disposal site under Yucca Mountain northwest of Las Vegas, officials in Nevada pledged to fight the project in court. (7/10/02)
Update: Over the objections of Democratic leaders and Nevada's representatives, the U.S. Senate approved federal plans to build a massive nuclear waste storage site under Yucca Mountain, some 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (7/9/02)

Mr. Bush Approves Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
Update: Citing national security concerns and years of scientific study, President Bush today approved plans to store thousands of tons of radioactive nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain in Nevada, 90 miles from Las Vegas. (2/15/02)
Update: The Energy Dept. recommends the Yucca Mountain site. (1/11/02)

GAO to Sue White House for Access to Energy Task Force Records
Ray Suarez covers the unprecedented standoff with reaction from Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Mary Matalin, counselor to Vice President Cheney. (1/31/02)

Carbon Dioxide Disposal
Spencer Michels examines the scientific efforts to find a way to dispose of carbon dioxide without harming the environment. (8/6/01)

House Passes Energy Bill
Update: The House passes a Republican energy bill by a vote of 240 to 189. (8/2/01)

Environment and public policy experts discuss Congressional debate over a comprehensive energy policy. (8/1/01)

Raising Gas Mileage Limits
Experts discuss the National Academy of Sciences report urging better fuel efficiency for SUVs. (7/31/01)

The vice president on energy
Vice President Cheney talks about energy consumption and conservation in an interview with Jim Lehrer. (7/18/01)

Promoting the president's plan
Tom Oliphant and David Brooks discuss the politics behind President Bush's call for new energy sources. (7/16/01)

Energizing an economy
Hydropower dams boost a local economy in Washington state. (7/16/01)

Building new power plants
Spencer Michels examines the controversies surrounding power plant construction in California. (6/5/01)

Reaction from the states
The governors of New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Utah discuss President Bush's energy proposal. (5/18/01)

President Bush's energy plan
Energy experts discuss the president's strategy. (5/17/01)

Kwame Holman outlines the proposal and first reactions. (5/17/01)
RealAudio: President Bush unveils his energy plan in St. Paul, Minnesota. (5/17/01)
Text: The Bush administration's National Energy Policy Report.

Government conservation
Text: President Bush asks federal agencies to conserve energy. (5/3/01)

Increasing fossil fuel supply
Text: Vice President Cheney says America's energy strategy should focus on oil, coal and natural gas supplies rather than demand. (4/30/01)

Chart: Nuclear power generation around the world

Map: Nuclear power plants in the U.S.

A panel debates the Bush administration's call for expanding nuclear power. (5/22/01)

The pros and cons of nuclear power. (11/20/96)

What is the Kyoto Protocol?

Chart: The world's leading emitters of carbon dioxide.

Chart: The industrialized world's top carbon dioxide emitters per capita.

Update: 178 nations, but not the U.S., reach a deal to combat the air pollution that causes global warming. (7/23/01)

President Bush and European leaders agree to disagree over the Kyoto Protocol. (6/14/01)

Text: President Bush dismisses Kyoto, and calls for an "effective and science-based response to global warming." (6/11/01)

A new report from the National Academy of Sciences finds global warming is real and getting worse. (6/7/01)

Evidence of global warming in Monterey Bay. (3/28/01)

Talks over implementing Kyoto break down at The Hague, Netherlands. (11/29/00)

NewsHour discussions and forum on the 1997 global climate conference in Kyoto, Japan. (12/12/97)

Map: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a possible source of domestic oil.

Update: The Senate rejects delaying drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. (7/12/01)

Update: The Bush Administration unveils plans for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. (7/3/01)

Map: Gulf of Mexico and proposed drilling.

Experts discuss President Bush's proposals for increasing coal, oil and natural gas supplies. (5/23/01)

Shields and Gigot discuss the presidential candidates' views on oil and energy. (9/29/00)

A debate on drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (11/27/95)

Will air conditioners have to meet new efficiency standards? (6/26/01)

A Washington state electric utility experiments with charging peak and off-peak rates. (6/22/01)

The role of conservation and renewable energy sources in the Bush energy strategy. (6/1/01)

Wind -- an alternative energy source. (4/5/01)

Conserving energy in California during the power crisis. (2/15/01)

Building fuel-efficient cars. (5/3/00)

U.S. Geological Survey's 1998 ANWR Petroleum Assessment

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration