Interference by the White House Office of Management and Budget has badly damaged the "credibility and timeliness" of IRIS.

The FOIA logs of agencies covered by environmental reporters offer fascinating insight into their workings — and some good story ideas.

Reporters trying to cover fisheries issues may soon find decisions happening faster than they can cover them.

Even before the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election happens, various groups are beginning to draft or post ambitious environment-related agendas for the next administration to follow... should it wish to.

A Congressional move to stop uranium mining around the Grand Canyon has led the BLM to propose removing the rules that allowed the Congressional action.

In 2005, at least 3,600 facilities violated their water discharge permits more than 24,000 times, according to a US Public Interest Research Group report released Oct. 11, 2007.

After years of wrangling, and little significant action, federal legislative efforts addressing greenhouse gases and climate change are beginning to crystallize.

Another effort to revamp the US General Mining Act of 1872 is under way. The House on Nov. 1, 2007, passed by a 244-166 margin a bill that for the first time would collect for the U.S. Treasury royalties for mining "hard rock" minerals on federally owned lands.

Scorecard reports environmental records of US Representatives and Senators