Topic: United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats defeated a bill on Thursday that would have blocked federal environmental regulators from slashing power plant air pollution that blows downwind to other states and causes lung and heart problems.The bill, sponsored by Rand Paul, a ...
US lawmakers pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to green-light the massive US-Canada "Keystone" pipeline that has drawn heavy fire from environmentalists, saying the project will create jobs."Your decision is crucial for both American job opportunities and America's energy security," more than ...
Trash hauler finds spike in participation among single-bin customersRecycling isn't popular in Southern Nevada, or so the numbers seem to show. Just 3 percent of Republic Services' customers recycle their plastics, cans and paper, according to the trash hauler.But some Southern Nevadans ...
Fading Republican 2012 candidate Rick Perry pledged Friday to unleash a new economic boom by throwing open land and seas to oil drilling and tapping America's status as the "Saudi Arabia of coal."The Texas governor tried to revive his presidential campaign with ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Small changes made to a federal smog pollution rule last week have not allayed fears of Texas regulators who worry the new rule could lead to increased rolling blackouts, Donna Nelson, chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission said ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) - Shark fin soup will disappear from the Golden State's menu in January 2013 under legislation signed into law on Friday by California Governor Jerry Brown.Strongly supported by environmentalists, the bill bans the sale, purchase or possession of the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Washington edges closer to deciding the fate of a pipeline to bring crude from Canada's oil sands to Texas, emails between the company's lobbyist and the State Department show a cozy relationship that indicates a U.S. bias toward ...
The United States forgave almost $30 million in Indonesian debt Thursday, diverting the funds to tropical forest conservation on Borneo.The debt-for-nature swap is authorised under the US Tropical Forest Conservation Act, aimed at mitigating climate change by reducing deforestation which releases greenhouse ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unexpectedly asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to withdraw a plan to limit smog pollution, handing a big win to business and Republicans who have argued the initiative was a job killer in uncertain times.Obama ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to withdraw a plan that would tighten national air-quality standards.Obama said the request was made a part of a broader government effort to reduce regulatory burdens and uncertainty, especially ...
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