SPOTLIGHT

1. NUCLEAR WASTE

Could 'piddle packs,' volcanoes bring down Yucca Mountain?

Amid the ongoing political fight over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, it's easy to forget there's a daunting legal battle looming, too.

SPOTLIGHT

1. NUCLEAR WASTE

Could 'piddle packs,' volcanoes bring down Yucca Mountain?

Top Stories

2. LAW

After HFC ruling, some question EPA's authority on climate

3. FEDERAL AGENCIES

Leakers take the risk despite crackdown

4. DOE

National labs to cut more than 500 jobs

Congress

5. BORDER WALL

Grijalva warns easing regs could lead to industry free-for-all

6. AGRICULTURE

Stabenow probes USDA climate stance

7. CHEMICALS

House GOP increases scrutiny of Roundup cancer ties

8. FEDERAL AGENCIES

Rep. Cramer doubles down on DOE, EPA reshuffle

9. REGULATIONS

McCaskill pushes alternative rulemaking overhaul

Politics

10. ADVOCACY

LCV calls for probe of alleged infiltration

11. METHANE

Groups make last-ditch pleas over proposed rule delays

12. SENATE

Trump backs Strange; Rokita taking on Donnelly

13. AGRICULTURE

As Trump seeks NAFTA reform, sugar barons may have a say

14. CAMPAIGN 2018

Super PACs dive into W.Va. Senate race

Transition

15. EPA

Pruitt urges staff to work with IG

16. INTERIOR

Jewell headed to Harvard

Natural Resources

17. BIOTECH

Greens urge USDA to reject genetically engineered eucalyptus

18. MARINE MAMMALS

Advocates promote open ocean retirement for show animals

19. CHESAPEAKE BAY

Md. governor pushes sediment dredging project

20. HURRICANES

Mexico braces again for Franklin

21. AGRICULTURE

N.D. hay donation program expands amid drought

Law

22. SUPREME COURT

States urge justices to take up landmark groundwater ruling

23. PEOPLE

Vermont Law taps enviro program head

Climate Change

24. PARIS AGREEMENT

U.S. diplomats advised to be coy on re-engagement questions

Energy

25. FERC

Quorum to be restored Monday

26. OIL AND GAS

No-name driller eyes Venezuelan reserves

Federal Agencies

27. EPA

IG warns on employee pay

Transportation

28. AUTOS

Mazda embraces gas engines for meeting fuel economy standards

29. TRANSPORTATION

Infrastructure spending in decline despite Trump's promises

Air and Water

30. WATER POLLUTION

EPA won't reconsider N.M. and Navajo mine spill claims

31. WATER POLLUTION

Calif. water districts sue Air Force over chemicals

Chemicals

32. PESTICIDES

Controversial weed killer untested for drifting

International

33. AUSTRALIA

Energy companies not interested in prolonging coal's life