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- SOLID WASTE: TVA girds for long, litigious cleanup of Kingston ash spill
The Tennessee Valley Authority is bracing for what could be billions of dollars in remediation and liabilities stemming from a Dec. 22 accident that is believed to be the largest coal ash spill in U.S. history. And despite TVA's best efforts to portray the accident as an act of nature -- specifically, that the freezing and thawing of water in the dike structure, combined with heavy rain, may have weakened the wall to the breaking point -- evidence suggests that the federally owned utility knew of structural problems in its Kingston Fossil Plant ash pond as early as 2003 and that it twice opted for less expensive repair options rather than extensively re-engineer the pond structure. - ECONOMY: Democrats temper expectations for quick action on stimulus bill
On the eve of the new session of Congress, Democratic leaders are playing down expectations that they will be able to push through a massive economic stimulus bill before President-elect… - TRANSITION: With Richardson out, Obama to search for new Commerce secretary
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) withdrew himself from consideration for secretary of the Commerce Department yesterday, creating a new vacancy and the first political casualty in President-elect Barack Obama's… - CLIMATE: Bush admin rejects bid to unseal EPA endangerment finding
With two weeks remaining in its term, the Bush administration still refuses to release a critical U.S. EPA document linking motor vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions to global warming's environmental problems.… - TRANSITION: Top Obama advisers' climate views differ
As President-elect Barack Obama searches for the right balance between his environmental goals and his economic revival ones, he may have to resolve conflicting views among his top advisers. As… - SENATE: Franken to be named winner in Minn. race
Democrat Al Franken will be declared the victor in a close U.S. Senate race in Minnesota after a recount gave him a slim victory over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, state… - OIL AND GAS: SEC alters rules on reporting reserves
The Securities and Exchange Commission last week approved final changes to decades-old rules that govern how oil and gas companies report their reserves, a step the SEC said would provide… - OIL AND GAS: U.S. resumes emergency stockpile purchases
The U.S. government is resuming purchases of crude oil for its emergency stockpile, taking advantage of low oil prices. The U.S. Energy Department will pursue 20 million barrels of oil… - UTILITIES: Judge sends Duke Energy back to court
A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit against utility Duke Energy after ruling Duke Energy's lawyers misled jurors about a witness in a trial on whether the company broke federal… - AUTOS: Bailout eligibility extends to auto-linked companies
The U.S. government last week published broad draft guidelines for auto industry aid, throwing open the door for more companies and industries to qualify for taxpayer financing. The guidelines would… - AUTOS: Big Three expected to release dismal Dec. sales
Domestic and foreign automakers are expected today to announce sharp declines in sales for December, a coda to one of the automobile industry's worst years ever. Each of the six… - BUSINESS: Dynegy halts venture with LS Power
Dynegy Inc. is ending its two-year-old joint venture with LS Power Associates LP to develop coal, natural gas and solar power projects, citing tight credit markets and regulatory uncertainties. "Today,… - AUTOS: Toyota secretly plans solar-powered car
Toyota Motor Co. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered exclusively by solar energy, according to Japan's Nikkei business daily. The effort to turn around the automaker's struggling… - SOLAR: Chinese plan plant that could become world's largest
Two Chinese companies announced plans Friday to build a solar power plant in Northwestern China that they hope will one day produce 1 gigawatt of green energy, which one day… - PARKS: Gun violence prevention group seeks to halt new firearm rule
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has asked a federal court to halt an Interior Department rule change that allows the carrying of concealed weapons in national parks, arguing… - AIR POLLUTION: Pa. began implementing CAIR Jan. 1
Pennsylvania announced last week it will implement the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule aimed at controlling regional power plant emissions through a cap-and-trade program. The rule's first deadline was Jan.… - ENDANGERED SPECIES: Calif. sues Bush admin over ESA changes
California sued the federal government last week over changes to the Endangered Species Act that it says will weaken federal conservation efforts and shift the financial burden of species protection… - AGRICULTURE: Researchers search for source of mysterious bee collapse
Scientists in the field and the lab are trying to determine why honeybee hives are failing at disturbingly high rates. Buoyed by public concern over honeybee hives afflicted with colony… - CHESAPEAKE BAY: Coalition sues EPA to force cleanup
A coalition of environmental groups and recreational and commercial fishers sued U.S. EPA in federal court today over the agency's cleanup of the pollution-plagued Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation… - WETLANDS: Developer agrees to pay fine in Rapanos case
A Michigan developer involved in one of the most tangled and controversial wetlands cases of the past two decades agreed last week to pay a civil penalty and restore about… - FORESTS: BLM finalizes plan to triple logging in western Ore.
The Bureau of Land Management finalized a plan on Dec. 31 that would nearly triple the timber harvest on 2.6 million acres of land in western Oregon, despite objections from… - OCEANS: Navy, enviro groups settle sonar lawsuit
The Navy and environmental groups late last month settled a lawsuit challenging the military's use of sonar in hundreds of submarine-hunting exercises around the world. The Navy said Dec. 27… - SOLID WASTE: After disaster, Rahall calls for dam regulation
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) last week called for national standards to regulate the design, construction and other safety standards of coal-ash dams like the one that… - EPA: Report challenges EPA evaluation on perchlorate
U.S. EPA violated its own guidelines in examining how a contaminant found in rocket fuel harms human health, according to a report released last week from the agency's inspector general.…