Environment

U.S. Green Building Council ranks Nevada sixth nationally for LEED construction

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) ranked Nevada sixth nationally for 2015 for LEED green building per capita, Nevada Governor…

8 years ago

Idaho Gov. Otter increases his water sustainability budget request

Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter called on legislative budget writers this week to augment his Executive Budget request for FY…

8 years ago

Davis decries Obama’s veto of WOTUS disapproval

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently decried President Barack Obama’s veto of S.J. Res. 22, which disapproved of the Environmental…

8 years ago

Chaffetz, Bishop release discussion draft of Utah Public Lands Initiative

U.S. Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rob Bishop (R-UT) released a discussion draft of the Utah Public Lands Initiative Act…

8 years ago

Shuster, Inhofe respond to president’s veto of congressional disapproval of WOTUS

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK)…

8 years ago

Orphan mine Good Samaritan legislation introduced by Gardner

A draft of the Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act was released on Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner…

8 years ago

South Dakota, Wyoming delegations call for increase in Black Hills timber program

The South Dakota and Wyoming delegations wrote to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell last week, calling on the department…

8 years ago

House approves resolution against WOTUS rule

The House approved a resolution of congressional disapproval on Wednesday that vacates the administration’s rule that broadened the definition of…

8 years ago

Buchanan calls for continued protections for Florida manatees

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) sent a letter on Thursday to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calling the agency’s…

8 years ago

Blunt calls for disaster relief for Missouri small businesses

In a Monday letter, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) called on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to immediately begin…

8 years ago

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