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Romney oil adviser also a big super PAC donor
Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn't wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after he became one of Romney's top energy advisers in March. Just weeks after Hamm joined the Romney campaign, he gave $985,000 to a pro-Romney super ...
EU appeals to China to join global emissions talks
A European envoy held out a possible compromise in a fight with China over carbon emissions charges on airlines, saying Wednesday that Europe might alter its system if Beijing helps negotiate global regulations. China, India, the United States and Russia oppose the European Union charges that took effect Jan. 1. ...
Group threatens suit over reptile protection
An environmental group threatened Tuesday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not moving quickly enough to protect 25 amphibian and reptile species across the Southeast that it believes are in danger of extinction. Officials at the Minneapolis-based Center for Biological Diversity said they hoped the threat of ...
Obama to push clean energy technologies in Iowa
Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spotlight this week as he heads to the political battleground state of Iowa. The president will visit TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer in Newton, on Thursday to highlight ...
Louisiana editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: May 19 The Courier, Houma, La. on making more cuts at Nicholls State: Nicholls State University, along with its students and the broader community it serves, has a lot on the line in the current legislative session. Nicholls State stands to lose another $7.7 million ...
Judge to weigh lifting engineer's travel limits
A federal magistrate has scheduled a hearing on a former BP engineer's request for permission to travel freely throughout the U.S. while he awaits a trial on charges he deleted text messages about the oil company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Magistrate Daniel ...
Head of US nuclear safety agency to step down
The embattled chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying. Gregory Jaczko stepped down ahead of a potentially blistering ...
ASU to beef up environmental commitment
Alabama State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan to partner for a greener campus and more environmental curricula. The EPA will help the university beef up its environmental policy and science curricula and offer opportunities for students interested in environmental careers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education ...
Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. "Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for our patients," said David Carey, director of Geisinger's Weis ...
For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin
When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York. "I go over the border and see ...
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