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WASHINGTON -- Representative Laura Richardson, Democrat of California, has agreed to be reprimanded by the House and pay a $10,000 fine for compelling her Congressional staff members to work on her 2010 campaign. The House Ethics Committee recommended the punishment in a biting report on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crowds of protesters rolled through cities across the nation on Wednesday in a series of largely peaceful, and sometimes subdued, marches on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. While there were more than 140 arrests in San Francisco and more than 30 in Washington, attendance was lighter and the acrimony more muted than at protests in the early years of the war. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the bill passed by the California legislature to lower automobile emissions.

Discusses the possibility of non-emergence of any major environmental laws from the 103d Congress. Lack of progress on environmental initiatives; Effect of outcome on environmental lobby; Stalling of environmental bills like California Desert Protection Act; Environmentalists motion for change in Superfund law, passing of Safe Drinking Water Act; Details of complications in Congress' passage of bills concerning environmental issues; Role of Bob Dole, Clinton Administration.

Reports on the sanction of federal tract of land in California for burial of radioactive waste by the Clinton Administration on May 31, 1995. Background of dispute with environmental group; Decision based on findings of a panel of National Academy of Sciences.

Reports on the plans of Republican House members to exempt San Diego from the Clean Water Act's requirement to purify sewage before piping it out in the ocean. Views of Speaker Newt Gingrich and the dispute between San Diego and the Environmental Protection Agency over the issue.

Reports on the agreement between California and the Federal Government for the protection of water and wildlife in San Francisco Bay, California. Plan for preservation of California estuary; Impact of agreement on farmers, city dwellers and conservationists; Efforts of President Bill Clinton's Administration toward preservation of ecosystems.

Reports that on July 30, 1999, American President Bill Clinton was warmly received in North Carolina, as he pressed his environmental programs and helped raised money for John Edwards, a Democratic candidate for the Senate. Reception that President Clinton received as he and Vice President Al Gore joined local politicians in declaring the New River, an American Heritage River; Speech that was made by President Clinton; When the American Heritage program was established.