Administration Falls Short in Protecting Wetlands: Congress Must Act
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Tony Iallonardo of the National Audubon Society, +1-202- 861-2242 Ext.
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New federal guidelines will leave sensitive wetlands unprotected, according to environmental advocates.
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The US government is falling short in cybersecurity efforts and should take immediate steps to protect the country's technological resources, an industry group said.
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President Bush's push to revise the Clean Air Act sometimes has hindered enforcement of the existing law for cleaning up coal-fired power plants, the Justice Department's top environmental lawyer said Tuesday.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  May 26--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a regional wetlands filling permit on Friday and opponents have already vowed to take the matter to court.
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Green lobbyists and several U.S. cities hope a lawsuit against U.S. development agencies will force the government to act on global warming, even though President Bush has long insisted there's no scientific proof linking human activity to warming.
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The Bush administration said Monday it will give people who hunt and fish new access to hundreds of thousands of acres of lands and streams within 17 national wildlife refuges and wetlands.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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By MARK SHERMAN  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided with developers and the Bush administration Monday in a dispute with environmentalists over protecting endangered species.
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As Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the accomplishments of the 108th Congress, one thing is certain: Hundreds of programs &#151; from highway building to welfare reform &#151; are being kept on life support through temporary measures because lawmakers failed to meet deadline after deadline for renewing them.
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Officials in Arkansas and Oklahoma say they are having trouble working on plans to protect the Illinois River watershed because of a pending lawsuit over water quality.
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Excuse us if we don't join environmental and other advocacy groups in a dither about a new directive from President Bush aimed at reining in ambitious bureaucracies. This is an old struggle that will be entertaining - and frustrating - our grandchildren.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States made modest progress on protecting its oceans last year, but still needs to boost funding for desperately needed reforms, a commission on ocean policy said Tuesday.Overall, the U.S.
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A Bush administration program has not focused enough on the impact of warming on humans, the panel said.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Some construction alongside the state's coastal marshes would be pushed back 50 feet from the fragile ecosystems under rules approved by the Board of Natural Resources.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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Clark Haynes is hoping for a wet spring and more money from Congress. If both fail to materialize, the assistant director for the state Department of Agriculture's forest health protection programs says next year's gypsy moth season could be the state's worst.