Conservation: Balancing Property Rights: House Approves Inhofe Habitat Bill
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By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau  The measure, which encourages wildlife projects on private land, advances to the president's desk.   WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a bill by Sen.
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&#39;The president is very pleased with House passage. He knows that this bill will make America safer.&#39;. WASHINGTON | The House of Representatives easily passed a sweeping restructuring of the
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The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure
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A federal proposal would slash the critical habitat in Oregon, Washington and California set aside under the Endangered Species Act for the marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird, by about 95 percent, to 221,692 acres.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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By Shanna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 5--Conservationists spent more than a year gathering 300,000 signatures to get an initiative on the November ballot that would preserve 694,000 acres of state trust land.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday, aiming to put an end to the debate over whether  global warming is actually occurring, passed legislation  recognizing the &quot;reality&quot; of climate change and providing money  to work on the problem.
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By REX SPRINGSTON  Environmentalists won a tentative victory yesterday when a House panel decided that a proposal to strip powers from citizen boards needs more study.
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Save the species, save a buck. Landowners frustrated by the Endangered Species Act might get a carrot instead of the stick under a proposed revision of the law that would offer them tax incentives to give the critters a home. That approach is emerging as a narrower alternative to a comprehensive overhaul of the endangered species law, a priority for Republicans before Democrats took control of Congress this year.
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A fight between environmentalists, industry and Congress over the strutting sage grouse
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave overwhelming final approval to a bill that would ensure millions of middle income taxpayers do not become ensnared by a tax originally designed for millionaires.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  Because of a new federal law to protect sea turtles' nests, horses will have to watch where they step on the beaches in St. Johns County.  To comply with the U.S.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Dec. 18--Hunters and fishermen can become highly motivated environmentalists when habitat for game is threatened.
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Some of the rules changes approved Tuesday by the House at the opening of the 109th session of Congress:
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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There is so much to love about Habitat for Humanity.  The charity does remarkable work, both for the people who live in its homes and for the larger community. And it does that work efficiently and with purpose.
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The House of Representatives  approved a bill on Friday to overhaul the creaking private  pension system and prevent more spectacular airline pension  defaults, and sent the measure to the Senate for possible  action next week.