Economy Oct 06 California oil spill renews calls to ban offshore drilling Oil spilling into federal waters off California's coast has prompted fresh calls for an end to offshore oil drilling in state and federal waters. But that's easier said than done.
Nation Sep 23 EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
Nation Sep 17 Bureau of Land Management will move back to D.C., reversing Trump-era decision Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees 245 million acres in Western states, back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado.
World Sep 17 Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climate President Joe Biden tried to hammer out the world's next steps against rapidly worsening climate change in a private, virtual session with a small group of other global leaders Friday, and announced a new U.S.-European pledge to cut climate-wrecking methane…
Nation Sep 08 Solar could power 40 percent of U.S. electricity by 2035, report says The report says the United States would need to quadruple its annual solar capacity — and continue to increase it year by year — as it shifts to a renewable-dominant grid in order to address the existential threat posed by…
Nation Sep 07 Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades, lawmakers say As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast — killing over 65 people from Louisiana to Connecticut — members of Congress said the storm offered irrefutable evidence that the nation's power lines, roads, bridges and other…
Nation Aug 31 Even in backup role, federal government supports Ida victims The Biden administration has pledged an all-of-government response to Ida, led by FEMA and coordinated by White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond, a former Louisiana congressman and close ally of President Joe Biden.
Science Aug 19 Booming Colorado town asks, 'Where will water come from?' Figures released this month show that population growth continues unabated in the South and West, even as temperatures rise and droughts become more common.
Politics Jul 16 Trump showerhead rule that sought to increase water flow being dropped President Joe Biden's administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn't getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads.
Nation Jul 15 Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest The Biden administration is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation’s largest national forest and will instead focus on forest restoration, recreation and other non-commercial uses.