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Pro-ethanol Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee see no reason to worry about their panel's probe of the Environmental Protection Agency's biofuel mandate, which the GOP-friendly oil industry is fighting hard to repeal.

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News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more The U.S. House of Representatives has approved creation of a Manhattan Project National Historical Park at Hanford and two other sites, just a week after the federal government said it won't be able to meet deadlines ... (more)

Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., argued in a heated House subcommittee hearing Thursday that stepping up lethal means against predatory California sea lions could protect the Northwest salmon populations.

What happens when you don't intervene in Syria? Bill Clinton said that Obama risks looking like a 'wuss,' a 'fool,' and 'lame' by sitting on the sidelines.

The House Natural Resources Committee advanced three bills to the floor Wednesday that would expand energy production on federal lands.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration says oil demand in the developing world has eclipsed that of industrialized nations, Reuters reports.

A bill to provide public access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain passed the U.S. House on a unanimous vote Tuesday.

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more A long-stalled bipartisan proposal to protect a popular recreation river in east King County, and its wild tributary, will finally get a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives, which has failed to act on the ... (more)

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said following a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing June 6 that the administration will not expand drilling to include the Atlantic Ocean.

Frank Armijo, the president of Mission Support Alliance at Hanford, has been given the 2013 North Star Award by the Boy Scouts of America Blue Mountain Council.

The U.S. House of Representatives, breaking along party lines, on Thursday voted to cut off money to an Obama Administration program that lets young, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children remain in the U.S. if they are in school or in the military.

Rep. Jared Huffman said Wednesday he is rejecting the city of Sonoma's request that he support a congressional investigation into the federal government's decision to close an oyster farm in the Point Reyes National Seashore.

SALAZAR JOINS WILMERHALE: Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is joining the law firm WilmerHale as a partner.

Ryan Rodruck has joined KYVE , the public television station in Yakima, Wash., as station manager.

ON TAP THURSDAY: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell makes her first appearance before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee since being confirmed in her new role.

Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky was among those testifying before the House Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, suggesting improvements to the way the Endangered Species Act views local and state conservation measures.

Supporters of the Interior Department's decision to protect the Point Reyes National Seashore's ecological heart, Drakes Estero, as the West Coast's first marine wilderness area today charged that opponents of the Obama Administration's decision presented "inaccurate and misleading" information to the Sonoma City Council to win approval of a ... (more)

House Republicans are dusting off their long-standing energy messaging for a summertime floor debate on oil and natural gas drilling.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings on May 30 released draft legislation to expand U.S. offshore energy production in order to create new American jobs, lower energy prices, grow our economy, and strengthen national security.