by Anna Bisaro | Apr 17, 2014 | Environment, Topics
The red areas of the map show where natural gas deposits are in the nation. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey) WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are pushing to give states more authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing, as debate continues over whether the natural gas...
by Mallory Black | Apr 15, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — In an ongoing battle with the state of New York for tribal land rights, members of the Onondaga Nation Tuesday filed a petition with an international human rights commission against the federal government. Citing broken treaties with the United...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 10, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – With construction plans for a Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay not yet finalized, Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday urged the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its opposition to the project. At a hearing on Wednesday about the proposed...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 9, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Inhabitants of Israel’s Kidron Valley, a land once walked by Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad, now describe the area as a sewer. The Kidron Valley, or Wadi Nar in Arabic, an area of about 17 miles, stretches from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and holds great...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 9, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The tight $7.89 billion budget proposed for the Environmental Protection Agency has left some Democratic senators dissatisfied. “I want to express my disappointment, frankly,” Chairman Jack Reed said in an appropriations hearing Wednesday. “We work...
by Anna Bisaro | Apr 3, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service is already planning celebrations for its 100-year anniversary in two years. But the anniversary bashes are threatened by the possibility of another summer of wildfires in the national parks that could burn up the money needed for...
