Obama’s EPA budget: 1.2% cut would reduce aid to states, but Chesapeake Bay would get more funds
The Obama administration proposed trimming the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 1.2 percent Monday, cutting money to the states and for hazardous cleanup even as it boosted money to restore the Chesapeake Bay. The $8.3 billion funding request represents a $105 million cut below EPA’s 2012 enacted level. In it, the White House slashed funding More...
Senate GOP tries to restore Keystone pipeline
More on this Story TransCanada says it will work with Nebraska on new pipeline route Proposed Keystone pipeline route may be revisited TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline permitting process to be reviewed Oil More...
Power grid updates left system vulnerable to cyberattacks, auditors say
“Without a formal risk assessment and associated mitigation strategy, threats and weaknesses may go unidentified and expose the . . . systems to an unacceptable level of risk,” Friedman wrote in an audit More...
Humpback whales’ songs differ from one side of Indian Ocean to the other
Video Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society found whales on both sides of the Southern Indian Oceans do not “singing” the same song, which is unique because whales in the More...
Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” said an e-mail from the NRC operations center early on March 11, hours after the quake. “This may get really ugly in the next few days,” said one NRC official later in the day after More...
Greenpeace’s new ‘Rainbow Warrior’ docks in Baltimore
While it is not targeting a specific coal plant in the Washington region, it will target coal-fired utilities as it heads to Southport, N.C., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., before sailing to Brazil for June’s Rio+20 More...
Newt Gingrich continues attacks on Mitt Romney, vows to fight on
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich continued his attack against rival Mitt Romney on Sunday, vowing to fight on in the Republican presidential primary despite his distant second-place finish in the Nevada caucuses More...
