Contrary to NRC, U.S. nuclear plants may face similar risks to those in Japan

By Laurel Adams

Documents show internal dispute between NRC staff and top brass over nuclear safety

Pentagon balks at report about rare earth metal reliance on China

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon owes Congress a report on China's dominance of the rare earth minerals market and implications for US

Japanese quake is taking a toll on US economy, from cars to debt financing

By Laurel Adams

Agency warns of long lasting impact of Japanese earthquake and tsunami on the US economy
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Ethanol’s political investment: PACs gave $1 million over last two cycles

By Josh Israel

Political action committees for companies and trade groups involved with the ethanol industry contributed $1 million to Congressional candid

EPA reminds Republicans cap-and-trade used to be GOP idea — and it worked for acid rain

By John Solomon

The Obama administration is turning the tables on Republican foes of climate regulation, demonstrating not only that cap-and-trade works — i

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… o meet their business needs.The program has been extremely successful, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Monday. Power plants decreased emissions of s …"

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… by federal agencies, freeing those projects from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. Coal-burning utilities like Westar Energy and Duke …"

"… must be expedited in order to protect the projects and the jobs.” Environmental advocates mounted a robust protest. “Inevitably, in the course o …"

"… rehensive Environmental review under the law. The White House Council on Environmental Quality, which oversees the government’s compliance with NEPA, tol …"

"… l eventually cost $204 million. That project has yielded 82 jobs so far. Environmental advocates, however, say it is too simplistic to conclude that none of th …"

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States slow to spend stimulus energy efficiency money, investigators find

By John Solomon

U.S. states have failed to spend the vast majority of 2009 stimulus money they received to encourage renewable energy and efficiency, the En

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… rvation Act, Buy American provisions of the Recovery Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. “In general, these four laws delayed progress because the …"

Oxygen-starved “dead zones” in U.S. waters growing, report warns

By John Solomon

The number of “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters — where oxygen is so depleted that it can harm marine life — has soared 30-fold over the l

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… ane Lubenko and Nancy Sutley, the chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, plan to use an event Wednesday in San Francisco to outline the …"

"… the group include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the White House Office of Science and Technology …"

Stimulus for planes, trains, but mostly automobiles.

By Joe Eaton

The big winner in the $825 billion stimulus proposal revealed Thursday by House Democrats is roads. State road projects get a proposed at $

Obama stimulus plan may harm environment

By Joe Eaton

The Obama $800 billion stimulus package could stimulate headaches for environmentalists and smart growth advocates who fear that the urgency

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