CORRESPONDENTS

Renee Schoof

Republicans grill Energy Secretary Chu about Solyndra loan

In a politically charged hearing Thursday, Republicans in the House of Representatives accused Energy Secretary Steven Chu of breaking the law in how he handled the restructuring of a loan for the California solar-energy company Solyndra. | 11/17/11 19:54:00 By - Renee Schoof and William Douglas

Obama administration delays decision on Keystone XL oil pipeline

A decision on whether to build a pipeline from Canada's oil sands to Texas will be delayed, probably until 2013, to allow time to consider rerouting a section in Nebraska, the State Department announced Thursday. | 11/10/11 18:52:00 By - Renee Schoof

Can the oceans continue to feed us?

Far out on the Pacific Ocean, the world's industrial fishing fleets pursue one of the last huge wild hunts — for the tuna eaten by millions of people around the world. | 11/10/11 14:37:00 By - Renee Schoof

Romney's energy plan promotes fossil fuels, dismisses solar, wind

Mitt Romney's energy plan is likely to endear him to the conservatives he badly needs to win the Republican presidential nomination, but it could hurt him with the moderates he'd need to win next November's election. | 11/07/11 16:04:00 By - Renee Schoof and David Lightman

White House protest planned against oil pipeline from Canada

Thousands of people are expected to mass at the White House on Sunday to send an environmental message to President Barack Obama: Say no to a proposed pipeline that would import highly polluting oil from Canada. | 11/04/11 18:19:00 By - Renee Schoof

EPA chief meets with college clean-energy activists

College environmental activists met Thursday with Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson to tell her what they're doing at their schools to try to shut down campus coal-fired heating plants. | 10/27/11 18:33:00 By - Renee Schoof

Obama to block new uranium-mine claims near Grand Canyon

New uranium mining claims on 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon will be blocked for 20 years under a decision the Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday. | 10/26/11 17:46:00 By - Renee Schoof

Treasury officials testify on controversial Solyndra loan

Congressional Republicans who question whether the Energy Department broke the law in the way it handled a loan for the California solar company Solyndra called in two senior Treasury Department officials Friday, but the officials didn't provide any evidence of illegal doings. | 10/14/11 19:02:00 By - Renee Schoof

House bill would block EPA oversight of coal ash, leave it to states

Next up for Republicans in the House of Representatives who are seeking to curb the role of the Environmental Protection Agency is a vote Friday on a bill that would give states the power to monitor the disposal of coal ash from power plants. | 10/13/11 18:37:00 By - Renee Schoof

Controversial decision awaits as hearings on oil sands pipeline end

With the formal debate over on Friday, a decision on an oil pipeline that will cross America's heartland and open up a greater market for Canada's oil sands now rests with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. | 10/07/11 18:16:00 By - Renee Schoof

Researchers find signs of toxic oil effects in Louisiana marsh fish

Gulf seafood is safe to eat and the water is clear after the BP oil spill, but a new biology study released Monday shows that effects of the oil on a small Louisiana marsh fish could be an early warning sign of trouble ahead for fish populations. | 09/26/11 19:57:00 By - Renee Schoof

House GOP bill would roll back basic air-pollution rules

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on a bill that's mushroomed recently into a plan to block the Obama administration's two main rules to clean up air pollution from power plants and change the way the Clean Air Act has worked for 40 years. | 09/21/11 18:54:00 By - Renee Schoof and Halimah Abdullah

U.S. and Europe to fight pirates who steal fish on the high seas

Illegal fishing undermines efforts to stop overfishing and shrinks the profits of legal commercial fishermen, the oceans chiefs of the United States and the European Union declared on Wednesday, as they pledged to cooperate to nab fish pirates. | 09/07/11 16:50:00 By - Renee Schoof

Obama yanks smog rule, but business groups want more

President Barack Obama sided with business interests against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday and ordered a sudden halt to a plan to toughen the Bush administration's limits on smog. | 09/02/11 19:23:00 By - Renee Schoof

U.S. losing clean-energy race? Solar maker Solyndra bankrupt

California solar manufacturer Solyndra announced Wednesday that it was shutting down a factory built with the help of a $535 million federal loan guarantee and would file for bankruptcy. | 08/31/11 17:43:00 By - Renee Schoof

Previous | Next

Sign up for email newsletters now!

Sign up for email newsletters now!

 Never miss a McClatchy story
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Facebook
Add us to your Droid or iPhone