California’s recycling program for aluminum cans and plastic containers suffers rampant fraud, with enterprising criminals claiming multiple refunds for a single recycled container and others bring
Pennsylvania environmental permits will be issued in a timelier manner after Gov. Tom Corbett signed an Executive Order speeding up the environmental permit process.
Alaska voters soundly defeated a ballot measure that would have added new layers of review to projects affecting the state’s coasts.
New Layers of Bureaucracy
The nation’s first oil sands project is one step closer to reality after a Utah state administrative law judge ruled Utah’s Division of Water Quality properly approved a proposal to mine and proces
Local governments cannot impose more stringent water quality standards than those already set by state officials, according to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Economics professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report ethanol mandates do not lower the price of gasoline, despite claims by the ethanol industry.
Biomass power plants regularly violate clean air and water laws, the Wall Street Journal reports, with 85 of 107 biomass plants operating at the start of 2012 having received citations fro
The New Hampshire legislature has enacted legislation prohibiting state officials from creating or participating in a low-carbon fuel program without first getting approval from the legislature.
Fish and wildlife officials in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington may continue killing California sea lions preying on salmon near the Bonneville Dam, a federal district court has ruled.
The State of Wyoming is working on a formal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to trade environmentally sensitive lands for lands rich in minerals, oil, and natural gas resources.&n
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NOAA Reports Tornado Activity at All-Time Record Low
Michigan House Blocks Common Core Implementation (updated)
Have Patience With the Obamacare Train Wreck
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