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Focuses on the Bush administration's plan to allow developers to complete construction and other projects even after belated discoveries that the work could endanger protected species.

Focuses on the environmental agenda of U.S. President George W. Bush's Administration and the Republican Party after Bush's re-election. Proposals to revamp laws on air pollution and endangered species; Energy bill to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration; Emphasis of the administration's environmental conservation efforts.

Reports on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's plan to reduce mercury pollution from power plants to protect children and pregnant women.

Comments on developments related to environmental protection in the U.S. Decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to open U.S. forest lands to development; Emphasis of the Bush administration on commercialization of natural resources; Call on environmentalist groups to encourage more people to have contact with the outdoors.

Reports that Engelhard Corp. has been fined and ordered to donate to a Hudson River environmental group after pleading guilty to two counts of solid-waste violations at a pigment manufacturing plant it owns in Peekskill, New York.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's identification of counties that fail federal air standards. Discovery of microscopic soot from diesel-burning trucks, power plants and other sources; Results of preliminary analysis by the agency suggesting that several counties may have to take additional measures to curb pollution to meet the standards by 2010.

The article reports on the plan by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze antipollution and fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles. The proposed rules would weaken former President Barack Obama's policies aimed at preventing global warming, as well as challenge the right of states to set their own, more stringent pollution standards. The government claims the proposal would give consumers greater access to safer, more affordable vehicles while protecting the environment.

The article reports that the U.S. courts keep ruling that the U.S. President Donald Trump administration is violating federal law as the administration attempts to deregulate former U.S. President Barack Obama's environmental legacy. Topics include the court decision on the move by the U.S. Department of Interior to delay compliance with rules curbing flaring, how environmentalists see Trump's legal positions, and the public implications of the rules at the center of the legal challenges.

The article reports on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. It highlights the president's plan to reverse the policies and regulations concerning climate change which is under the administration of former U.S. President Obama. Also emphasized is the fight of California for environmental protection and conservation being known as de facto negotiator with the environment worldwide.

The article looks at several environmental disasters in the U.S. that helped shift the public conversation and prompt lawmakers to take action. Among of such disasters are the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969, the fire at the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio in 1969, and the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls, New York caused by the toxic waste dumped by Hooker Chemical Co. in the canal. It is noted those disasters set off the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reports that a White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports to play down links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal documents. Role of Philip A. Cooney in removing or adjusting descriptions of climate research that government scientists and their supervisors had already approved; Examples of the dozens of revisions, which tend to produce an air of doubt about findings that most climate experts say are robust; Background on Cooney, who is chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Method by which the documents were obtained by "The New York Times"; Response of White House officials to the changes made by Cooney; Views of climate experts and representatives of environmental groups; Influence of Cooney and other White House officials with ties to energy industries. INSET: An Editor in the White House.

Reports on a ruling by a federal appeals court that U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney did not have to divulge details about how the White House's energy policies were shaped. Analysis of the decision, which touched on the constitutional separation of powers; Review of the White House's argument that it was not obligated to disclose whom it consulted on energy matters early in President George W. Bush's first term; Influence of the decision on pending energy legislation, which will allegedly combine environmental protection with energy efficiency.

Examines in the effect of New York City's environmental protection legislation on the debate surrounding the potential construction of a new football stadium in the West Side of Manhattan. Author's view that environmental impact statements are often used by community groups and green advocates to delay development by holding construction companies and government officials accountable for environmental damages; Report that construction companies often use environmental impact statements against each other; Influence of the environmental issue and environmental impact statements on development projects in New York City.

Elisabeth Rosenthal is a reporter and blogger on environmental issues for The New York Times. IN 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, warned about man-made global warming and supported legislation to curb emissions. After he was elected, President Obama promised ''a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change,'' and arrived cavalry-like at the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen to broker a global pact. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- The League of Women Voters is typically thought of as an earnest, civic-minded organization best known for hosting sober candidate debates and distributing studious voter guides to keep the citizenry informed. But two senators facing elections discovered this month that the group had decided to take its informational role to an entirely new level. Senators Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, and Scott P. Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, found themselves on the receiving end of a hard-hitting, big-money television campaign taking them to task for votes to limit the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency's program to regulate greenhouse gases, defeating four bills that would have limited the agency's attempts to address global warming. The Senate voted as the House was debating a measure that would also halt the regulations by repealing the agency's scientific finding that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are endangering human health and the environment. That bill is expected to pass the House on Thursday. President Obama has vowed to veto any such measure if it should reach his desk. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- Recession, it turns out, is good for fuel economy. Gas mileage for 2009 model cars and trucks showed the largest increase since the oil crisis of nearly three decades ago, according to an annual report by the Environmental Protection Agency released on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it would not require power plants or other industrial sites to obtain federal pollution permits for emitting greenhouse gases before next January. The statement formally affirms an agency announcement last month that it would phase in the regulation of climate-altering gases over several years, starting with the largest sources. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it would probably increase the amount of ethanol that gasoline retailers could blend into ordinary fuel, to 15 percent, if tests established that the blend would not damage cars. The maximum ethanol blend is now 10 percent, except for cars specially equipped to handle higher blends. The agency said it was likely to approve the increase to 15 percent next summer, perhaps for use only in cars of the 2001 model year and later. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

''The new standards are aggressive and achievable, and ensure that consumers have a full range of vehicle choices.'' Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on proposed White House rules that would impose the first nationwide limits on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Every two years, like clockwork, Congress seems to pass an energy bill, each one marginally better than the one before. What this country does not need in 2009 is another energy bill, even a better one. What it needs is a climate bill, one committed to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in a way that engages the whole economy and forces major technological change. Without such a bill, America will lose the race against time on climate, lose the race for markets for new and cleaner energy systems, and forfeit any claim to world leadership in advance of the next round of global climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHILE President Obama's cap-and-trade proposal to reduce greenhouse gases has been the big topic of recent environmental debate, the White House has also been pushing a futuristic federal project to build a power plant that burns coal without any greenhouse gases. Sounds great, right? Except the idea is a rehash of a proposal that went bust the first time around. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Obama administration is seeking new limits on airborne pollution from cement plants, including the first standards for mercury from older kilns. The Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the rules would reduce the plants' mercury emissions at least 81 percent. The agency also predicts a 94 percent reduction in their emissions of hydrochloric acid, which would be regulated for the first time. The rules would also lead to steep cuts in hydrocarbons, soot and sulfur dioxide. Environmentalists have battled the E.P.A. in court for a decade, accusing it of failing to limit cement plant emissions as required by the Clean Air Act. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In his first weeks in office, President Obama has dismantled many environmental policies set by the Bush administration. But in some areas, he will be building on the work of his predecessor, rather than taking it apart. Mr. Bush was not known for his concern over the environment. In the eight years of his tenure, he opened vast tracts of public lands to drilling, mining and timbering, earning the enmity of many environmentalists. His critics accused him of easing restrictions on polluters, subverting science and dragging his feet on global warming. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For eight years, they were on the outside looking in -- usually hurling brickbats. Now, liberal groups that fought President George W. Bush on war, the environment and entitlement programs are in the unfamiliar position of supporting the man in the Oval Office. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The team President-elect Barack Obama introduced on Monday to carry out his energy and environmental policies faces a host of political, economic, diplomatic and scientific challenges that could impede his plans to address global warming and America's growing dependence on dirty and uncertain sources of energy. Acknowledging that a succession of presidents and Congresses had failed to make much progress on the issues, Mr. Obama vowed to press ahead despite the faltering economy and suggested that he would invest his political capital in trying to break logjams. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The League of Conservation Voters, starved for good news after eight years of the Bush administration's environmental policies, has hailed President-elect Barack Obama's choices for his top energy and environmental jobs as ''a Green Dream Team.'' Let's hope it is. There is no question what this team must do -- mount a strong offensive on climate change, fashion a more efficient energy system, seek out and invest in next-generation, transformative technologies. These are extraordinarily difficult tasks that will face resistance from industry and many in Congress. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Announcing what it called new ''surf and turf'' standards, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set stricter antipollution rules for engines that run pleasure boats, lawn mowers and weed trimmers. The agency said the rules would take effect in 2011 for lawn and garden equipment of 25 horsepower or less, and in 2010 for a wide range of inboard and outboard boat engines. Meeting the requirements will probably mean that catalytic converters, standard in modern cars, will become commonplace in lawn-equipment and boat engines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Environmental Protection Agency killed a federal plan to build the world's largest water pump in the Mississippi River Delta. It is the first time since 1990 that the E.P.A. has vetoed a project proposed by the Army Corp of Engineers. The $220 million proposal would have moved six million gallons of water a minute from 67,000 acres of wetlands along the Yazoo River. The agency said the project would cause unacceptable damage to fish, wildlife and waterfowl. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it intended to ban the use of the pesticide carbofuran, citing its harmful effects on children and the environment. The agency said the risks associated with exposure to carbofuran in food and water exceed levels established by the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. In 1991, Congress banned the granular form of the pesticide, which was blamed for the deaths of more than a million birds. In humans, the pesticide can cause long-term damage to the body's neurological and reproductive systems. The chemical is used to combat pests that feed on rice, cotton, corn, soybean and sugar cane crops, particularly in China; the agency says it is not widely used in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bush administration has now provided the rationale for its lamentable decision to deny California permission to develop its own stricter rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The explanation was full of holes, but it was not a total setback for those who want urgent action on global warming. The essence of the administration's reasoning was that California had failed to demonstrate ''extraordinary and compelling'' circumstances justifying stricter rules. To make that case, Stephen Johnson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was forced to argue that climate change gravely endangered not only California but the entire country. As hard as it is to believe, this was the first time that any senior administration official had explicitly conceded that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses discrepancies in the Climate Change Science Program, a climate research program created by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002. A report issued by the group National Academies of Practice concluded that the program lacked a focus on impacts of the changing conditions. The program was also hampered by some government policies like grounding of earth-observing satellites and dismantling of programs to monitor environmental conditions on earth, the report found.

The article focuses on the current environmental policy of U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush has included environmental conservation as an important aspect of his policy. His policies on global warming were under scrutiny from environmentalists. Bush had 10 year, $1 billion policy to enhance the condition of parks in the U.S. Previously, Bush offered a gift of marine reserve in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

The article reports that despite leadership changes in the U.S. Congress, expectation of an ambitious new agenda related to environmental protection is unlikely. The views held by John Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, regarding environmental protection shows the difficulty in finding support for a broad agenda. Although Dingell supports the control of toxic substances, yet, he never embraced automobile fuel-efficiency standards.

Emphasizes the need for the U.S. government to develop a national policy on greenhouse gases and tackle global warming, to prevent more casualties from hurricane attacks.

Comments on the legislative struggle to look for ways to improve fuel economy in cars and address the environmental problems associated with automobiles in the U.S.

Reports that the Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules to cut air pollution in the eastern half of the United States, in one of its most ambitious efforts to control soot and ground-level ozone. Importance of the new regulations, the Clean Air Interstate Rule, for emissions from power plants, which account for much of the nation's air pollution; Goal of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides, which create ground level ozone, by more than 60 percent from 2003 levels and to reduce sulfur dioxide, which forms soot, by more than 70 percent; Expectation that regulations for a third pollutant, mercury, will be announced next week; Efforts by the Bush administration to drive down power-plant emissions.

Reports on the nomination of Stephen L. Johnson to head up the Environmental Protection Agency by President George W. Bush. Nomination which comes at a time when the administration faces a battle in its effort to rewrite the nation's air pollution laws; Praise from the candidate who rose from within the department by several groups; Expectation that he will be easily confirmed for the position.

Focuses on legislation in California to reduce green house gas emissions produced by the automotive industry. Profile of Democratic assemblywoman Fran Pavley and her efforts to support requirement of a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gasses by 2016; Lawsuit filed by automakers in an attempt to block the legislation; Support for the legislation from environmental groups in California and across the U.S.; Potential impact of the legislation on the progress of global warming.

Reports that the Bush administration has ruled out the possibility of removing federal dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers to protect the 11 endangered species of salmon and steelhead. Opinion which came from the fisheries division of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration which declared that the eight large dams on the lower stretch of the two rivers were an immutable part of the salmon's environment; Suggestion of other protection options; How the decision differs from the policies of Bill Clinton's administration; Angry reaction from environmentalists and Native Americans.

Comments on the importance placed by American voters to environmental issues during the election campaigns. Unity of politicians regarding issues related to environmental protection; Willingness to appropriate additional funding for natural areas, neighborhood parks and conservation; Emphasis on finding local solutions to water quality problems; Availability of programs to finance land conservation in New Jersey.

Reports that Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey won approval of a bill to protect much of the state's drinking water by limiting development in the northwest region known as the Highlands. Effect of the bill's approval on suburban development; Speculation about economic development in New Jersey as the result of the initiative; Denouncement of the plan by many environmentalists; Quotes from Edward Lloyd, the director of the Environmental Law Clinic at Columbia Law School, regarding the environmental impact of the initiative.

Editorial. Comments on the global warming strategies and policies in California. Legislation passed by the California Legislature requiring manufacturers to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Regulatory and legislative review of other proposals; Problems with climate change and fuel economy.

Reports on federal mercury standards in New York.

Reports on the delay of a legislative bill promoted by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey which aims to protect almost a million acres of natural resources in the northwestern part of the state.

Reports that U.S. president George W. Bush has created a task force to coordinate the federal government's policies toward the Great Lakes. Naming of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael O. Leavitt as head of the task force; Emphasis on water quality and fishing stocks; Lack of coordination among government agencies overseeing federal programs dealing with Great Lakes issues.

Criticizes the Bush administration's policy on counting fish, and its attempt to circumvent the Endangered Species Act. Protection of the habitats where endangered species live; Elimination of the distinction between wild salmon and hatchery salmon.

Highlights the announcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it would not withdraw its plan for regulating mercury from coal-fired power plants despite pressure from Democrats and environmental groups.

Reports on an Environmental Protection Agency plan to stop dredge waste from being deposited into Long Island Sound.

Reports on the release of an environmental statement in New York regarding the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. Concerns on the impact of redevelopment activities on animal life in the area; Approval of the environmental statement by the board of Lower Manhattan Development Corp.; Urgency of the environmental statement.