 Nevada News
May 02, 2012 — Judges troubled by Yucca shutdown, uncertain on recourse . . . The case before a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the only remaining legal challenge to the Obama administration's decision to start closing out the program in 2009 and to develop a new nuclear waste strategy — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 02, 2012 — Northern Nevada heats up with solar-geo hybridplant — RGJ.com
May 02, 2012 — Engineers plan weir to slow water eroding Las Vegas Wash — RJ.com
May 01, 2012 —
Wildland fire season looks dangerous in Nevada, new report says
— RGJ.com
April 30, 2012 — BLM releases final EIS on copper project — Elko Daily Free Press
April 30, 2012 — NV Energy's coal-burning plant fires up Paiutes — RJ.com
April 28, 2012 — [Tahoe] Concern continues over clarity, near shore — TahoeTribune.com
April 27, 2012 — Gov. Sandoval Defends Conservative Credentials, Says Online Sales Tax Revenue Is Matter Of Fairness — NevadaNewsBureau.com
April 26, 2012 — [Las Vegas] Water pipeline faces another legal threat: snails — RJ.com
April 26, 2012 — TRPA: Lake Tahoe environmental report nets promising results — CarsonNow.org
April 26, 2012 — Comstock residents withdraw mining appeal — RGJ.com
[Related Information — SEC.nv.gov]
April 26, 2012 — Washoe County gets barely passing grade for air quality — RGJ.com
April 26, 2012 — 15,000 firefighters available for a likely busy wildfire season; Sierra among danger areas — RGJ.com
April 26, 2012 — NV Energy ramping up green power — RJ.com
April 24, 2012 — Legislators upset about 2,500 unfilled state job openings — RJ.com
April 24, 2012 — U.S. Sen. Dean Heller Calls On Congress To Continue Defunding Of Yucca Mountain CARSON CITY – U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., today sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of both the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations asking them to continue defunding the proposed high level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain — NevadaNewsBureau
April 24, 2012 — [Las Vegas] Groups to fight Las Vegas water permits — AP [More Coverage — Desert News]
April 23, 2012 — Lawmakers mount new bid to revive Yucca Mountain WASHINGTON - House lawmakers supporting the Yucca Mountain repository plan to advance a bill this week that would set aside $35 million to revive the controversial nuclear waste site — RJ.com
April 23, 2012 — NV Energy pulls out of wind project because of threatened bird — Las Vegas Sun
April 22, 2012 —
Elko County commissioner opposes horse eco-sanctuary — AP
April 21, 2012 — [NDEP]
Observing Earth Day — The Record-Courier
April 20, 2012 — [Jungo] Opening briefs give sneak peek at landfill appeal — Silver Pinyon Journal [Related Information — SEC]
April 20, 2012 — [Ely] Councilman stresses caution concerning mill site — Ely Times
April 19, 2012 — Showdown shaping up over Republican NRC commissioner WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to continue serving on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, setting up a U.S. Senate showdown with echoes to the Yucca Mountain controversy — RJ.com
April 19, 2012 — Plans for Nevada wild horse eco-sanctuary pick up speed — RGJ.com
April 19, 2012 — Amodei introduces critical minerals bill — Elko Daily Free Press
April 18, 2012 — [Reno] Editorial: Agreement demonstrates commitment to flood plan — RGJ.com
April 17, 2012 — Wind energy project gearing up after lawsuit settled . . . The $225 million project by San Francisco-based Pattern Energy will use 66 turbines - each roughly the height of a 30-story building - to generate 150 megawatts of electricity, enough to supply about 45,000 homes — RJ.com
April 17, 2012 — Old tensions return as Republican senators demand NRC member be reappointed — Las Vegas Sun
April 16, 2012 — New Waste Management plant in Lockwood gets electricity from an unlikely source — RGJ.com
April 15, 2012 — [Tahoe] Major forest-thinning project wins approval — RGJ.com
April 13, 2012 — Water outlook grows dim for Colorado River watershed — RJ.com
April 13, 2012 — Nuclear testing artifacts may be part of cultural archive —Pahrump Valley Times
April 11, 2012 —
Federal and state environmental agencies in McDermitt for arsenic and mercury presentation — SilverPinyon.com
April 09, 2012 — Sandoval forms sage grouse advisory panel — AP
April 08, 2012 — Eureka County likes EPA comments on Mt. Hope — Elko Daily Free press
April 06, 2012 —[Reno] Going green isn't easy
Waste Management's proposed recycling plan meets opposition — RGJ.com
April 05, 2012 — TRPA to begin hearings on updated regional plan — RGJ.com
April 04, 2012 — [Reid Gardner] Tribe, Sierra Club blast EPA's proposal to clean up coal plant — RJ.com
April 04, 2012 — Judge hears arguments over Mt. Hope water rights — Elko Daily Free Press
April 04, 2012 — [Elko] Spring Creek Association will intervene in integrated resource plan — Elko Daily Free Press
April 02, 2012 — California's water supplies below average despite March storms — SacBee.com
April 02, 2012 — Land managers try new method to capture wild horses — AP
March 31, 2012 — BLM approves geothermal exploration east of Fallon — LRJ.com
March 30, 2012 — BLM moves to protect fossils in Tule Springs area — RJ.com
March 27, 2012 — [Sloan Channel] County, North Las Vegas closing in on channel deal — RJ.com
March 27, 2012 —
Committee formed to eliminate obsolete commissions has mixed first meeting — Las Vegas Sun [Related Story — AP]
March 23, 2012 — [Yerington] Heller introduces Yerington land bill — Elko Free Daily Press
March 23, 2012 — Eureka County rejects General Moly offer — Elko Daily Free Press
March 22, 2012 — State allows pumping of groundwater from rural Nevada — Nevada's top water regulator on Thursday granted the [Southern Nevada Water Authority] permission to pump up to 84,000 acre-feet of groundwater a year from four rural valleys in Lincoln and White Pine counties — RJ.com [More Coverage —Chancefrain.com] and [DCNR Press Release]
March 20, 2012 — Southern Nevada Water Authority appeals for federal help — RJ.com
March 20, 2012 —
Legislation preserving fossil-rich area north of Las Vegas as national monument expected this year — Las Vegas Sun
March 20, 2012 — [Vegas] The power plant's down, but the lights are on — RG.com
March 19, 2012 — Electricity claims fizzle for seven Reno windmills — AP
March 16, 2012 — For first time in four years, state officials build budget without cuts — Las Vegas Sun
March 14, 2012 — Agencies pick cleanup option for Rio Tinto . . . [ELKO] Years in the making, a cleanup plan for the old Rio Tinto copper mine in northern Elko County is final and a consent decree for the work should be signed soon, according to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection — Elko Daily Free press [Related Information - NDEP Website]
March 14, 2012 — Three appeals filed against final Jungo permit — Silver Pinyon Journal [Related Information -- See the SEC Website and/or NDEP's Jungo Website]
March 13, 2012 — Sandoval wants to extend temporary tax increases beyond 2013 — RJ.com
March 13, 2012 — Sandoval: Despite what Nye says, he says no to Yucca — AP [Read the Governor's Letter to Energy Secretary Chu]
March 09, 2012 — Nye officials give consent to burying nuke waste [ at Yucca] . . . Nevada's official opposition has not changed, Strolin [State of Nevada] said, and without state consent, Yucca Mountain is not going to happen — RJ.com
March 09, 2012 — [Yerington] EPA reiterates testing shows no threat to agriculture Agency also restates commitment to getting Anaconda Mine site cleaned up — RGJ.com
March 08, 2012 — Restoration turning Truckee into a new river — RGJ.com
March 07, 2012 — [Eureka County] General Moly offers $12 million settlement — Elko Free Daily Press
March 07, 2012 — Henderson moving to once-a-week trash pickup — RJ.com
March 06, 2012 — [Vegas] Concrete sets path for valley water — RJ.com
March 06, 2012 — Moapa dace population grows after latest count — RJ.com
March 02, 2012 — Some see California water settlement as bad sign for Nevada — Las Vegas Sun
March 02, 2012 — Catherine Cortez Masto: Fallacy of Yucca Mountain is more apparent than ever — RGJ.com
March 01, 2012 — Report: Lake Tahoe's clarity improved in 2011 Nevada Appeal
March 01, 2012 — NDEP issues final permit for construction of landfill —silverpinyon.com [Related Information from NDEP]
March 01, 2012 — Lake Tahoe agency gets favorable ruling over buoys in federal court of appeals — Carson Now.org
February 29, 2012 — House panel OKs Henderson mine cleanup . . . Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., . . . "I will say they [NDEP] have been in the business of regulating cleanup related to minerals extraction for a while. I would dare suggest they have an excellent record of making sure those folks are responsible," Amodei said. — RJ.com
February 29, 2012 — [Las Vegas] Residents concerned over chemicals used to treat waste water — TV 13 Action New
February 29, 2012 — [Las Vegas] Water Authority board OKs rate increases — RJ.com
February 23, 2012 —[Yerington] Pumpkin Hollow breaks ground for shaft — Elko Daily Free Press
February 22, 2012 — Nev. officials consider rewriting insensitive historical markers — RGJ.com
February 22, 2012 — [Vegas] Chamber proposes shifting larger water rate hike to residents — RJ.com
February 22, 2012 — Lawmakers studying whether bottle, can deposits would work in Nevada — Las Vegas Sun
February 21, 2012 — Groups launches robo-call campaign against water rate increase — RJ.com
February 20, 2012 — Federal protection sought for stretch of Upper Truckee River — AP
February 19, 2012 — Sunrise Mountain Landfill enters key construction phase — RJ.com
February 19, 2012 — [Comstock Mining]
Mine foes: Fight not over: Group plans to pursue new appeal — RGJ.com [Related Information]
February 17, 2012 — Lake Tahoe bailout law draws fire from California Senate leader — Tahoe Tribune
February 15, 2012 — DOE forms group to devise new nuclear waste plan — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 14, 2012 — [Yerington] Judge says toxic mine suit can go ahead, sets 2013 date — RJ.com
February 14, 2012 — $60 million of federal budget allotted for nuke waste — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 13, 2012 — [Yerington] Food report involving polluted Nevada mine angers tribe — AP
February 12, 2012 — Wild horse allies: BLM officials stacked against them — AP
February 10, 2012 — Silver State home to new tower of solar power — RJ.com
February 10, 2012 — [Vegas] Water authority workshops to look at rate hikes — RJ.com [Sun Editorial]
February 09, 2012 — Minden man wins state water award — RecordCourier.com [Related Information]
February 08, 2012 — Lawsuit limits proposed over nuclear waste site selection — Stephens Bureau
February 06, 2012 — Jerritt mill back in full production — Elko Daily Free Press
February 03, 2012 — Wind damage knocks NV Energy project off schedule — VegasInc.com
February 03, 2012 — Water authority seeks more groundwater from two rural counties — They stop short of asking for it all, but Las Vegas water officials are urging the state to grant them far more rural groundwater than they got the last time around — RJ.com
February 01, 2012 — Survey highlights disappointing Sierra snowpack — They stop short of asking for it all, but Las Vegas water officials are urging the state to grant them far more rural groundwater than they got the last time around — RGJ.com
February 01, 2012 — Nuclear waste hearing turns testy over Yucca Mountain — Stephens Washington Bureau
[Related Story]
January 31, 2012 — Nuclear panel says work should start now to find waste sites — Stephens Washington Bureau
January 30, 2012 — Water network says conservation is the answer, not pipeline — Las Vegas Sun
January 27, 2012 — Water Authority scales back rural water request — Las Vegas Sun
January 27, 2012 — [Elko - Spring Creek Association] Board to intervene in water rate case — Elko Daily Free Press
January 26, 2012 — Barrick, Newmont hiring continues; Elko’s housing shortage remains — Elko Daily Free Press
January 28, 2014 — Researchers say Nevada's Lehman Caves are 1 million years old — RJ.com
January 27, 2012 — Judge denies bid to block Nevada mustang roundups — AP
January 27, 2012 — Nevada lawmakers applaud panel’s nuclear-waste recommendations — Las Vegas Sun [Related Story — NyTimes.com]
January 27, 2012 — Appeal of ban on poisoning of creek pulled — AP
January 26, 2012 — Why Las Vegas is crucial in Obama’s natural-gas crusade — Las Vegas Sun
January 23, 2012 — Low snowpack signals water crisis at Lake Mead — RJ.com
January 19, 2012 — BLM hearing on Mt. Hope draws full house . . . General Moly has spent $200 million already on Mt. Hope, including for advance equipment purchases, and expects to spend $1 billion more on the project — Elko Daily Free Press
January 18, 2012 — Henderson to decide whether to expand recycling program — Las Vegas Sun
January 16, 2012 — BLM takes input on Barrick pipeline plan — Elko Daily Free Press
January 06, 2011 —
Official warns of winter wildfires in dry Nevada — State Forester Pete Anderson advised residents Friday that winter wildfires are possible through almost all of the state, except the Spring Mountains outside of Las Vegas — RJc.om
Juanuary 06, 2011 — Agencies host sage grouse summit — Elko Daily Free Press
January 06, 2012 —
Nevada's toxic releases up 161 percent . . . The EPA's regional office in San Francisco stated that 98 percent of the toxic chemical releases in Nevada came from metal mining — Elko Daily Free Press [More Coverage — ENN]
January 06, 2012 — Nevada tribes, environmentalists lose suit against big gold mine — A federal judge in Reno has ruled against environmentalists and tribal leaders who say the U.S. government is breaking the law by failing to protect water resources from damage caused by the biggest gold mine in Nevada
— RGJ.com
January 05, 2012 — Geologist: Snow runoff could be cause of quakes at Lake Mead — Las Vegas Sun
January 04, 2012 — California Urges Drivers to Change the Oil Less Often — NyTimes.com
January 04, 2012 — More water for Las Vegas means more resentment in rural areas For Jason King, Nevada’s state engineer, the final months of 2011 were hardly a breeze . . . StateLine.org
January 03, 2012 — Truckee flood plan effort stalls — AP
January 01, 2012 — Nevada's inaugural bear hunt ends with 14 bears killed — AP
December 31, 2011 — Great Basin National Park eyes improvements — AP
December 30, 2011 — Mining booms with high gold prices in 2012 — Elko Daily Free Press [Related Story - 01/01/12
— Northern Nevada Business Weekly]
December 30, 2011 — Clean Energy in 2012: Geothermal progression — RGJ.com
December 30, 2011 — [Editorial] Buying air time . . . After having spent years to train them, the state must stop giving productive government workers such irresistible financial incentives to quit — RJ.com
December 29, 2011 — Coalition taking initiative to change state’s tax structure . . . The seemingly constant fight over Nevada taxes will be waged in a new way — with an initiative petition to implement a business tax that would raise at least $400 million over two years — Las Vegas Sun
December 28, 2011 — Eastern Sierra Current Precipitation Conditions — ladwp.com
December 28, 2011 — BLM sets dates for Mt. Hope meetings — Elko Daily Free Press
December 28, 2011 — [Local Economy] Double-digit jumps in diverse categories drive taxable sales higher — RJ.com
December 28, 2011 — Court: Not all residents have Tahoe beach rights — AP
December 28, 2011 — [Energy - Las Vegas ] Why a power rate hike was inevitable —Las Vegas Sun
December 27, 2011 — Abuse of wild horses targeted — AP
December 26, 2011 — California aims to protect woodpecker — AP
December 25, 2011 — [RENO, Nevada ] Stallion castration plan on hold until court rules — Federal land managers have agreed to postpone their precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada pending a federal court's review of the issue — AP
December 22, 2011 — [Lincoln County] Commissioners approve Yucca Mountain study — Lincoln County Recorder
December 22, 2011 — Tribe's environmental ordinance plan draws rebuttals — RGJ.com
December 22, 2011 — FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE:
Sandoval’s shift to pragmatism: Is it enough? Gov. Brian Sandoval’s shift from a conservative’s conservative to pragmatic CEO came in late May, as the end of the legislative session approached with Democrats and Republicans in a budget standoff — Las Vegas Sun
December 22, 2011 — Official: Nevada's population 'slightly up' — RJ.com
December 21, 2011 — [Reno] More than $370,000 approved for emergency Caughlin Fire restoration — RGJ.com
December 21, 2011 — [Las Vegas] Residential power rates rising 10-11 percent after state OKs increase — Las Vegas Sun
December 20, 2011 — New mining commission gathers input at first meeting — RJ.com
December 20, 2011 — [UNR - Business Environmental Program]
UNR: Reminders for businesses generating hazardous waste in Nevada — RJ.com
December 19, 2011 — Comstock mining delayed until 2012, new concerns arise . . . Controversy over Comstock Mining, Inc.’s proposal to start a major mining operation near Virginia City may be heating up but company representatives say they remain committed to tap a mineral resource they now estimate values about $3 billion — RGJ.com [See: Related Information from NDEP]
December 19, 2011 — [State Engineer] General Moly Announces Receipt of Water Permits for Mt. Hope — MarketWatch
December 18, 2011 — Wild Horses: Advocate fights BLM, roundups — RJ.com [Related Story — AP]
December 16, 2011— [Jungo Landfill] Commissioners submit comments from independent consultant to NDEP —Silver Pinyon Journal [More from NDEP]
December 12, 2011 — New regulations cut some mining deductions — RJ.com
December 12, 2011 ’ Group criticizes plan to use pesticides in Lake Tahoe — AP
December 11, 2011 — [Las Vegas] Water agency debt compels money grab — Las Vegas Sun
December 09, 2011 —
Jungo prevails in federal lawsuit — Silver Pinyon Journal [Read the decision - 7 Pages, PDF] —
[More from NDEP]
December 06, 2011 — Fernley company fined by EPA, now in compliance — RJ.com
December 06, 2011 — Report Outlining Tax And Spending Decisions By 2011 Legislature Now Available — NevadaNewsBureau.com
December 06, 2011 — [Vegas] To pay for lake intakes, water bills going up again — Las Vegas Sun
December 05, 2011 — Water pipeline plan draws flood of letters . . . State Engineer Jason King estimates he received about 23,000 letters about the project by Friday's deadline for public comment — RJ.com
December 04, 2011 — BLM releases Mt. Hope draft study . . . Getting to the draft EIS stage for the proposed project, which would employ 400 people once construction is completed, took almost five years from the time the BLM published a notice of intent to do the study — Elko Daily Free Press
December 03, 2011 — Nevada Cites Concerns With Transport Of Hazardous Waste In Response To Draft Plan For Former Test Site — CARSON CITY – A draft environmental statement addressing the future of the former Nevada Test Site appears to be setting the stage for the transportation of mixed hazardous and low-level radioactive waste to the site through heavily populated areas of Las Vegas, the state response to the document says — NevadaNewsBureau.com
December 02, 2011 — NDEP holds public meeting on [Jungo] landfill operating permit . . . Dolan said he did not doubt NDEP would ultimately issue the operating permit, but he intended to appeal that decision. Also addressing the audience was a representative of the Sierra Club, who said he was dismayed the NDEP would even consider permitting such a project on the playa — Silver Pinyon Journal [Related Information from NDEP]
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National News
May 03, 2012 — EPA orders Utah to cut haze across national parks — msnbc.com [Slide Show - National Parks]
May 02, 2012 —
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Long-awaited 'fracking' rules coming soon — The Hill
May 02, 2012 — The Low-Level Radiation Puzzle — NyTimes.com
May 02, 2012 —
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Long-awaited 'fracking' rules coming soon
— The Hill
April 26, 2012 — U.S. Voters Favor Regulating CO2 — Reuters
April 26, 2012 — Saga of California's Salton Sea: a tragic chapter ahead? — csm.com
April 25, 2012 — State Of The Air 2012: American Lung Association Reports Improvements, Challenges — Huffingtonpost.com
April 24, 2012 — ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules — ProPublica.org
April 23, 2012 — In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics AP
April 22, 2012 — New Jersey drops out of lawsuit against EPA over ozone politico.com
April 20, 2012 — Report finds fewer unhealthy air days in California — californiawatch.org
April 20, 2012 — Coal states fear for future of the industry — StateLine.org
April 18, 2012 — U.S. Caps Emissions in Drilling for Fuel — NyTimes.com
April 18, 2012 — New Fracking Rules on Air — ENN
April 15, 2012 — States back website for fracking disclosure — politico
April 16, 2012 — CO2 rules: Now you see ’em, now you don’t — politico.com
April 13, 2012 — [National Story] State tax collections up $62 billion — StateLine.org
April 06, 2012 — California at top in climate-change preparedness — Scarce water supplies and coastal flooding may be part of California's future, but the Golden State is as ready as any state to tackle those and other problems caused by climate change, according to a national study released Thursday — SFGate.com
April 05, 2012 — Green groups sue EPA to force coal-waste rules— The groups, who filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, say EPA is violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by failing to updates its regulations — The Hill
April 04, 2012 —Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States — Earth-policy.org
April 04, 2012 — California may tap cap-and-trade to fund high-speed rail — StateLine.org
April 03, 2012 — 98 percent of Colorado in a drought, say CSU climatologists — Debnverpost.com
April 02, 2012 — EPA delays ‘fracking’ air pollution rules — The Hill
March 27, 2012 — End of coal power plants? EPA proposes new rules — The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed the first ever standards to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants -- a move welcomed by environmentalists but criticized by some utilities as well as Republicans, who are expected to use it as election campaign fodder — msnbc.com
March 22, 2012 —
Labor Department identifies 3.1 million green jobs — SFGate
March 22, 2012 — FACT CHECK: More U.S. drilling didn't drop gas prices — AP
March 21, 2012 — Investors pour more funds into solar projects — RJ.com
March 21, 2012 — Court sides with property owners over EPA — AP
March 20, 2012 — Greens see politics in EPA rule delays — Politico
March 20, 2012 — Damage to world's oceans could hit $2 trillion a year, experts say — msnbc.com
March 19, 2012 — Fracking Wells’ Air Emissions Pose Health Risks, Study Finds — Bloomberg [Related Story —Fracking Rule for Federal Land to Use Industry’s Cement Standard]
March 19, 2012 —
Scientists Warn of Low-Dose Risks of Chemical Exposure — e360.yale.edu
March 19, 2012 — Confluence of events in 2013 may drive idea of carbon tax: Waxman — Platts
March 15, 2012 — Lawsuits against EPA target nutrients in US waters . . Since the 1980s, scientists have measured a massive area of low oxygen that forms each summer in the northern Gulf. The dead zone is created when microscopic organisms . . AP
March 12, 2012 — Fracking in New York: Risk vs. Reward — CNN
[Related Story — Water a concern in Western oil shale expansion — Stateline.org]
March 12, 2012 — Great Lakes ice coverage falls 71 percent over 40 years, researcher says — msnbc.com [Related Story — Greenland ice melt seen at lower temperatures: study — Reuters
March 12, 2012 — Coal powers less than 40 percent of us electricity, lowest in 33 years — thinkprogress.org
March 12, 2012 — [Calif.] Op-Ed Newton:
Refighting California's water war — LA Times
March 09, 2012 — US orders safety changes after Japan crisis — AP
March 09, 2012 — Fracking in New York: Risk vs. Reward — CNN [Related Story — Water a concern in Western oil shale expansion — Stateline.org]
March 08, 2012 —
Senate defeats amendment to roll back EPA boiler rules
— The Hill
March 07, 2012 — What Makes Gasoline Prices Go Up? — NyTimes.com
[More Telling Graphics]
March 01, 2012 — Oceans' acidic shift may be fastest in 300 million years — Reuters
February 29, 2012 — Utilities announce closure of 10 aging power plants in Midwest, East — Washington Post
February 28, 2012 — EPA chief vows ‘strong science’ on hydraulic fracturing — The Hill
February 27, 2012 — EPA Proposes Keeping Carbon Regulation Limited to Top Polluters — Bloomberg [More Info — USEPA]
February 27, 2012 — Beyond Cap and Trade, A New Path to Clean Energy — 360.yale.edu
February 27, 2012 — Appeals Court to Hear Arguments over EPA Carbon Rules This Week — InsideClimateNews.org
February 16, 2012 — Business groups launch legal, Capitol Hill attacks on EPA mercury rule — The Hill
February 13, 2012 — [EDITORIAL] California Rules — NyTimes.com
February 13, 2012 — Southern Californians at risk of death from air pollution, EPA says — CaliforniaWatch.org
February 13, 2012 — Feds approve ban on dumping along California coast — StateLine.org
February 10, 2012 — States Sue E.P.A. Over Delayed Soot Rules — NyTimes.com
February 08, 2012 — NASA satellites show how our icy world is melting — Melt-off over 8 years could have covered U.S. in about about 18 inches of water — LiveScience
February 08, 2012 — US licenses first nuclear reactors since 1978 — msnbc.com
February 07, 2012 — GOP to spar with EPA over mercury rules — The Hill
February 07, 2012 — Drought Ravages Farms Across Wide Swath Of Mexico — NPR
February 03, 2012 — Obama proposes rollback of shale plans for Rocky Mountain West — eenews.net
February 03, 2012 — Poor, minority residents face most health risks with climate change — California Watch
Februry 02, 2012 — Filmmaker arrested at House hearing on shale gas — Reuters
February 02, 2012 — Weather forecasters in stormy debate over climate — Reuters
January 31, 2012 — [Mid-Atlantic states] State commissioners ask EPA for stricter vehicle and fuel standards — StateLine.org
January 30, 2012 — Salazar: Interior closing in on gas ‘fracking’ rules — The Hill
January 29, 2012 — California fuels rule sparks controversy — Washington Post
January 26, 2012 — California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules — Mercurynews.com
January 25, 2012 — State of the Union: A fracking endorsement from Obama as state debates continue — StateLine.org [Related Story — msnbc.com]
January 24, 2012 — U.S. CO2 emissions to stay below 2005 levels — ENN
January 20, 2012 — With Pipeline Stopped for Now, Tar Sands Battle Continues in California Courts — InsideClimateNews.org
January 19, 2012 — Obama decision denies Keystone XL permit — StateLine.org
January 19, 2012 — EPA won’t promise final power plant carbon rules before 2012 elections — The Hill
January 18, 2012 — Problems plague cleanup at Hanford nuclear waste site — USA Today
January 18, 2012 —
Report: Power plant mercury rule won't cause power outages — The Hill
January 13, 2012 — EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules — ProPublica.org
January 12, 2012 — Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming — AP
Janaury 11, 2012 — EPA: Power plants main global warming culprits — AP [Explore Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Large Facilities — US EPA]
January 10, 2012 —
Obama Drops by the E.P.A. — NyTimes.com
January 09, 2012 — EPA reach too far? Justices hear case of interest to big business — msnbc.com
January 09, 2012 —
Feds ban new uranium mining near Grand Canyon — The Department of Interior issued an order today banning new uranium mining for 20 years on 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon. — Las Vegas Sun
January 07, 2012 — [Calif.] Record air pollution hammers California's ag heartland — msnbc.com [Related Story]
January 07, 2012 — When Property Rights, Environmental Laws Collide  NPR
January 05, 2012 — A Coal-Fired Plant That Is Eager for U.S. Rules — NyTimes.com
January 04, 2012 — A Photographic Blast From the Past . . . In January 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency asked nearly 100 freelance photographers to roam the country — NyTimes.com
January 04, 2012 — California Urges Drivers to Change the Oil Less Often — NyTimes.com
January 03, 2012 — Storehouses for Solar Energy Can Step In When the Sun Goes Down — NyTimes.com
January 02, 2012 — Billions needed to upgrade America’s leaky water infrastructure — Washington Post
December 30, 2011 — Court delays border-crossing pollution rule — [WASHINGTON] A federal court Friday put on hold a controversial Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing power plant pollution in 27 states that contributes to unhealthy air downwind — AP
December 30, 2011 — $6 billion-a-year ethanol subsidy dies -- but wait there's more — msnbc.com
December 30, 2011 — Cleaner fuel law in California blocked for now . . . The nonprofit legal organization Earthjustice, which was not party to the suit but works on climate-related issues, said the ruling was a major setback for the state's aggressive greenhouse gas emission regulations — msnbc.com
December 29, 2011 — Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011 — propublica.org
December 29, 2011 — The Puzzle of Rising Methane — NyTimes.com
December 28, 2011  Report: State environmental enforcement slips under EPA's watch — StateLine.org
December 28, 2011 — 60 Years After Leaving, Porpoises Again Play In SF Bay — NPR
December 27, 2011 — Satellite Studies Reveal Groundwater Depletion around the World — globalwarmingisreal.com
December 23, 2011 — Obama has options to delay Keystone pipeline — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has options to kill or delay the Canada-to-Texas oil sands pipeline despite language in the payroll tax bill that forces him to make a decision on a permit by late February — Reuters
December 22, 2011 — Nuclear renaissance? US OKs new reactor design — msnbc.com
December 22, 2011 [Editorial] FOSSIL FUELS:
New EPA mercury rules are a bona fide Big Deal — Grist.org
December 21, 2011 — EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants — US EPA [More Info.]
December 21, 2011 — [US EPA] Higher electricity bills, cleaner air under new rules After a two-month delay, the Obama administration was expected Wednesday to unveil new rules for coal-fired power plants that mean costly investments passed on to consumers, but also health benefits — msnbc.com [Related Story — The Hill]
December 21, 2011 — Texas loses half a billion trees to epic drought mongabay.com
December 21, 2011 — Japan Says Decommissioning Damaged Reactors Could Take 40 Years — NyTimes.com
December 20, 2011 — States may lose crucial flood-predicting tools — StateLine.org
December 19, 2011 — [Editorial] The EPA's Fracking Scare —WSJ.com
December 19, 2011 — Granite areas eyed for nuclear waste sites — AP
December 19, 2011 — Putting Farmland On A Fertilizer Diet — NPR
December 18, 2011 — SUN EDITORIAL: Nuclear fallout: Pettiness of four NRC commissioners threatens country’s safety — Las Vegas Sun
December 17, 2011 — EPA rules threaten older power plants —AP
December 16, 2011 —
Neti Pot Deaths Linked to Brain-Eating Amoeba in Tap Water — Yahoo News
December 16, 2011 — Yucca funding remains zero in 2012 — Stephens Washington Bureau
December 13, 2011 — Colo. will require energy companies to publicly disclose concentrations of fracking chemicals — Washingpost.com
December 13, 2011 — [Mercury] EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants  — NPR - 4min 34 sec
December 11, 2011 — Nations agree on landmark deal to fight climate change, aid poor countries — AP
December 10, 2011 — [dust] Quality of Air? That’s as Murky as Western Sky —NyTimes.com
December 10, 2011 — [NRC] Nuclear panel chief under fire by colleagues — Four Nuclear Regulatory commissioners from both parties say they have "grave concerns" about the panel's chairman, charging that the actions of Gregory Jaczko are "causing serious damage" to the commission and creating a "chilled work environment at the NRC" — AP [Related Story — Reid comes to NRC leader's defense — AP
December 09, 2011 — [Interactive Map] Climate Change Trends: Carbon Emissions Giants — NPR
December 08, 2011 — Chevrolet Carbon Story 4 Rockingham County Landfill — ENN 
December 08, 2011 — Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time — ProPublica..com
December 08, 2011 — Energy Department plans new grid reliability effort as EPA rules loom — The Hill
December 06, 2011 — Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air — iwatch.org
December 06, 2011 — [Calif.] State pushes tougher auto emission standards — SignOnSanDiego.com
December 06, 2011 — Calif. Takes Big Step Toward Greenhouse Gas Limits — NPR
December 05, 2011 — States struggle to update toxic chemical regulation — Stateline.org
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