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Many Lebanese Believe Prime Minister Resigned After Interference From Saudis

It's been almost a week since the Lebanese prime minister fled to Saudi Arabia and said his life was under threat. His actions have exposed the increasing tensions regional tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt at a Jan. 18 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee confirmation hearing for his nomination to lead the EPA. Pruitt's nomination passed in committee Thursday. He will still need to be confirmed by the full Senate.

Senate Republicans Bypass Another Boycott By Democrats To Advance EPA Nominee

Democrats are limited in what they can do as a minority party to block Trump nominees. As they boycott hearings, Republicans suspend normal rules twice to clear the new president's Cabinet picks.

Idaho Power says it already gets nearly half its energy from hydroelectric dams such as the Swan Falls Dam on the Snake River, just south of Boise. The utility plans to phase out its use of coal power plants.

Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent 'Clean' Energy By 2045

Idaho Power plans to stop using coal power plants. The news comes as a U.S. energy agency says renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in 2018.

An American coot flies over Brooklyn's Prospect Park Lake on Feb. 5.

Talkin' Birds: The Great Backyard Bird Count

Bird lovers around the world are counting birds this weekend for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, which provides valuable data for avian research.

Demand for domestic tea is so strong that Minto Island Tea Co. continues expanding production. Here, <em>Camellia sinensis</em> is planted on the Salem, Ore., farm. It takes three years for tea plants to mature for harvest.

Pinkies Up! A Local Tea Movement Is Brewing

Most of the world's tea comes from China, India and Sri Lanka. But since 2000, dozens of farms have sprouted across the U.S. producing small-batch, artisanal tea sold at a premium.

Trump's Plan To Ditch Clean Power Plan Threatens Paris Agreement

President Trump is expected to ditch the Clean Power Plan this week. The CPP regulations would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that warm the planet. Without it, the U.S. won't live up to its pledge, made in Paris in 2015, to make deep cuts in emissions. That could jeopardize the Paris deal, in which nearly 200 nations made similar pledges.

This March 11, 2020 photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows a storage yard north of Saco, Mont., for pipe used in construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline near the U.S.-Canada border.

Union Pushing Keystone XL Faces Racial Discrimination Suit

Pipeliners Local 798, which represents thousands of workers on projects across the country, has a history of racism and faces new allegations it discriminated against Black members.

Biden Takes The Oath On Same Stage Where Rioters Swarmed U.S. Capitol

Precisely at noon, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the nation's 46th president. Chief Justice Roberts will lead Biden through the oath of office. Security concerns and the pandemic have altered events.

Union Station and the Kansas City skyline are lit on Feb. 01, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. In June 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plan to move two of its research agencies out of Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area. Rather than move, most of the people working at the agencies quit, leaving gaping holes in critical divisions.

USDA Research Agencies 'Decimated' By Forced Move. Undoing The Damage Won't Be Easy

When the Trump administration moved two of the Agriculture Department's research agencies to Kansas City, many of the experienced employees left. Fixing this will be tricky for President Biden.

Attempts To Reverse Trump's USDA Agency Changes Would Be Difficult

When the Trump administration moved some USDA research out of Washington to Kansas City, people were uprooted and many experienced employees left. Unwinding the move is a tricky for President Biden.

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