Energy And The Environment
WASHINGTON - About 100 people were arrested Monday outside the White House while protesting against mountaintop removal mining, temporarily trading their freedom for a chance to highlight what they consider an environmental calamity.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using a technique at the center of a fierce nationwide debate.
BOSTON - Developers of a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm were cleared to move forward Tuesday when Massachusetts' high court rejected a claim that the project sidestepped local opposition to win a key permit.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal judge on Wednesday stopped companies from developing oil and gas wells on billions of dollars in leases off Alaska's northwest coast, saying the federal government failed to follow environmental law before it sold the drilling rights.
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- Chevron says expert biased in cleanup case
- Md. wind farm developer to forgo 24 turbines
- Court asked to overturn air permit for SD refinery
- Kan. utility, federal agencies settle lawsuit
- Interior chief ends 1st year with vows of reforms
- AP News in Brief
