Stories Tagged "environment"

Officials To Keep Conserving Missouri River Water

posted on May 17, 2013 at 12:40 PM

Drought continues to affect the river because much of the snowmelt and rainfall in the seven-state region is being absorbed into the soil. Full Story

Final Decision Elusive for Keystone XL Pipeline

posted on May 10, 2013 at 4:10 PM

The waiting game is far from dull where the Keystone XL pipeline is concerned. Though the door has closed on the public comment period in response to the U.S. State Department’s Environmental Impact Statement, another has opened. Full Story

Florida Lawmakers OK Plan For Everglades Restoration

posted on May 10, 2013 at 2:05 PM

The bill sponsors say it is a truce between environmental groups and sugar farmers in a decades-old dispute. Full Story

Activists Flood Keystone Pipeline Hearing

posted on April 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM

Emotions ran high, this week, in Grand Island, Nebraska where the U.S. State Department held its sole public hearing on the environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Full Story

U.S. Waterways Under Duress

posted on March 29, 2013 at 11:26 AM

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than half of the rivers and streams in the United States are in poor biological health and are not able to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures. Full Story

Opponents Move To Stop Keystone Pipeline

posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM

An unusual coalition of environmentalists, property rights advocates and ranchers are attempting to find new ways to derail project. Full Story

California Releases Part of Plant to Restore Delta

posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:59 PM

The plan's first four chapters spells out the dismal state of the delta and detail conservation strategies to restore its dwindling fish species. Full Story

Corps plans Missouri River reduction

posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM

The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns that it will worsen low-water problems on the Mississippi River. Full Story

Advocates say spending cuts would hurt Great Lakes

posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:33 AM

Environmental activists say federal programs designed to protect and clean up the Great Lakes will take a big hit if Congress and President Barack Obama don't reach a budget deal soon. Full Story

Interior sets new drilling rules on public land

posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:36 PM

The Obama administration said Friday it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. Full Story

US: TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline

posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM

A Canadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. says it has submitted a new application for the project after changing the route to avoid environmentally sensitive land in Nebraska. Full Story

Minnesota tribes concerned about moose population

posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM

A declining moose population in Minnesota has some Indian tribes concerned about losing a treaty right in the future. Full Story

New Iowa group hopes to reverse decline in hunting

posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:03 PM

Outdoor enthusiasts and business groups on Wednesday announced the formation of a new organization to promote hunting in Iowa, hoping to reverse years of declining interest in the activity. Full Story

Brazil's Congress approves changes to enviro law

posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM

Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that weakens the nation's benchmark environmental law protecting the Amazon and other areas, a move that some fear will lead to a spike in deforestation. Full Story

Sierra Club blocks Md. natural gas export terminal