 January 10 - Clean Water Funding for the States (chart) |
| January 10 - Energy/Environment: Familiar Refrain: Reagan Proposes, Congress Opposes |
| January 10 - First Confrontation of New Year: House Rejects Reagan Offer, Passes Clean Water Bill Again |
| January 17 - Acid Rain Bill Introduced in Senate |
| January 17 - Democrats Agree to White House Request: In Gesture to President Reagan, Senate Delays Clean Water Vote |
| January 24 - Clean Water Bill Authorizations (chart) |
| January 24 - Passed by Overwhelming Margin: Senate Clears Clean Water Bill, Urges President Not to Veto It |
| January 31 - Reagan Vetoes Clean Water Bill |
| February 7 - Doctors Warn of Acid Rain Health Effects |
| February 7 - Only 40 Members Back Reagan: Congress Easily Overrides Veto Of $20 Billion Clean Water Bill |
| February 7 - Sent by the President Jan. 30: President Reagan's Message On Veto of Clean Water Act |
| February 21 - Pesticide Law Overhaul: Back to Square One? |
| February 21 - States' Rights vs. National Regulations... ... Modern Variations on a Familiar Theme |
| February 28 - Senate to Act Soon: House Tells Administration To Distribute Asbestos Money |
| March 7 - Reagan Urged to Spend Asbestos Money |
| March 14 - Nuclear Waste: An Issue That Won't Stay Buried |
| March 21 - Reagan Bows to Canada, Raises Acid Rain Spending |
| March 21 - Tax Incentives Proposed: DOE Warns of Energy Crisis, Urges Help for Oil Producers |
| March 28 - Senate Panel Bars Charges at Statue of Liberty: House Interior Votes to Allow Fee Increases at National Parks |
| March 28 - Supplemental Totals (chart) |
| April 4 - House Votes New Entrance Fees for National Parks |
| April 11 - House Passes Michigan Wilderness Bill |
| April 11 - Reagan Promises to Weigh Accord on Acid Rain |
| April 11 - Senate Votes to Bar Fee at Statue of Liberty |
| April 25 - Bill to Tighten Strip-Mining Rules Clears |
| April 25 - Fight Looms Over Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge |
| April 25 - House Passes Scenic Rivers Bill |
| May 2 - Senate Panel OKs Grants to Clean Up Radon |
| May 9 - Bill Would Limit Grand Canyon Flights |
| May 9 - Help for Oil and Gas Industry: House and Senate Vote to Repeal Fuel Use Act |
| May 9 - House Committee Approves Oil Spill Bill |
| May 23 - Cities Are Not Pleased: U.S. Barges Would Be Required for Sewage |
| May 23 - Estimated Transportation of Hazardous Materials |
| May 23 - House Science Panel Approves NSF Authorization |
| May 23 - Safety Sought in Moving Hazardous Materials |
| May 30 - House Passes West Virginia Rivers Bill |
| May 30 - Major Provisions, 1987 Supplemental Funding Bill |
| May 30 - Oil Slump: Bad for Exxon or Bad for Everyone? |
| May 30 - Oil-State Members Run Into Opposition... ...As They Push for Tax on Imported Crude |
| June 6 - House Passes NSF Authorization |
| June 6 - House Votes to Block Oil Shale 'Giveaway' |
| June 6 - Interior Appropriations Bill Cuts Some Spending |
| June 13 - Key Decisions on FIFRA Bill May Come... ...Long Before First Subcommittee Markup |
| June 13 - New Studies Raise Safety Questions: Concern Over Tainted Food Could Propel Pesticides Bill |
| June 13 - Statue of Liberty, Other Park Fees |
| June 20 - Fiscal 1988 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| June 20 - Fiscal 1988 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| June 20 - Funding Bill Bars Search for Nuclear-Waste Site |
| June 20 - Reagan Energy Policy Criticized: Panel Approves Spending Bill For Interior, Related Agencies |
| June 20 - Senate Panel OKs Grants to Clean Up Radon |
| June 27 - Appropriations Measure Passed: House Refuses to Cut Interior Spending Bill |
| June 27 - Fiscal 1988 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| June 27 - Funds for Energy and Water: House Rejects Budget-Cutters, Passes First Appropriations Bill |
| June 27 - Justice Department Drops Indictments |
| July 4 - Designed to Win Over Byrd, Other Foes: Wide-Ranging Clean-Air Bill Wins Approval by Senate Panel |
| July 4 - House Passes Resolution on Ozone Treaty |
| July 4 - House Votes to Bar Dams in National Parks |
| July 4 - Major Provisions of Supplemental Funding Bill |
| July 4 - Nuclear Insurance Focus: Who Gets Paid First? |
| July 11 - Senate Passes Radon Cleanup Bill |
| August 1 - Full Committee Fight Foreshadowed: Senate Panel OKs Clean-Air Bill Tightening Pollution Controls |
| August 1 - House Calls for Research on Forest Decline |
| August 1 - Incentives Added to Ease Pain: Panel Adds Nuclear-Waste Plan To Budget Reconciliation Plan |
| August 8 - House Clears Bill to Limit Park Flights |
| August 8 - House Passes Alaska Lands Bill |
| August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Environment |
| August 22 - Alaskan Wildlife Refuge Becomes Battleground |
| August 22 - Caribou and Oil Companies: Can They Coexist? |
| September 12 - Senate Panel OKs Energy and Water Funds |
| September 19 - Debris Kills Fish, Marine Mammals: House Panels Approve Bills To Ban Sea Disposal of Plastics |
| September 19 - Fiscal 1988 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| September 19 - Members Hail Ozone Agreement |
| September 19 - Senate Panel Begins Clean Air Markup |
| September 19 - Subcommittee OKs Interior Funding Bill |
| September 19 - Tennessee, Nevada Object: Nuclear-Waste Plan Written Into Spending Bill |
| September 26 - Ban on Ocean Disposal of Plastics |
| September 26 - Clean Air Bill Markup Continues |
| September 26 - Fiscal 1988 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| September 26 - House Interior OKs Oil, Gas Leasing Overhaul |
| September 26 - House Panel Moves to Curb Use of Boat Paint |
| September 26 - Panel to Tackle Arctic Refuge Issue |
| September 26 - Strategic Oil Reserve Funds Pared: Senate Panel Approves $10 Billion Interior Bill |
| September 26 - Three Committees Act, Two More Are Ready: Groundwater Research Bill Moving Toward House Floor |
| October 3 - Fiscal 1988 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| October 3 - Major Fights on Clean-Air Measure Still Loom |
| October 3 - Senate Approves Interior, D.C. Funding Bills |
| October 10 - Waxman, Dingell Spar Over Clean Air Bill |
| October 17 - Clean-Air Bill Markup Continues |
| October 17 - House Votes to Ban Dumping of Plastics at Sea |
| October 17 - Repels Attack on Space Station: Senate Approves $57.3 Billion For HUD, VA, Other Agencies |
| October 24 - Floor Outlook Uncertain: Senate Panel Completes Work On Overhaul of Clean Air Act |
| October 24 - House Passes Water Projects Bill |
| October 24 - Postponement Urged: Congress Tries to Shy Away From Nuclear-Waste Decision |
| October 31 - Super-Swap Possible Under Nuclear-Waste Bill |
| November 7 - 'Windfall Profits' Tax Headed for Extinction |
| November 7 - House Passes Bill Providing Gas-Royalty Refunds |
| November 7 - Panel Approves Endangered-Species Legislation |
| November 7 - Senate Ratifies Ocean-Pollution Treaty |
| November 7 - Trade, Environment Top September Interests |
| November 14 - Environment Notes: House, Senate Take Aim on Tin-Based Boat Paints |
| November 14 - Nevada Struggling to Fend Off Nuclear Dump |
| November 21 - Action May Slow Legislation: Hill Critics Go After EPA Plan To Relax Clean-Air Deadlines |
| November 21 - Fiscal 1988 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| November 21 - House Committee OKs Endangered Species Bill |
| November 21 - House Passes NOAA Reauthorization |
| November 21 - Senate Passes Energy and Water Spending Bill |
| December 5 - House Sets Stage for Clean-Air Debate in 1988 |
| December 5 - House Votes to Create Groundwater Research Panel |
| December 19 - Bill Would Force Release of Asbestos Information |
| December 19 - Bill Would Reauthorize Endangered Species Act |
| December 19 - Environmental Standards Eased: House OKs Plan to Boost Use Of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles |
| December 19 - Limits Voted on Tin-Based Boat Paints |
| December 19 - Measure Passed to Ease Land Swaps |
| December 19 - Political Deal Cut: Nevada to Get Nuclear Waste; Everyone Else 'Off the Hook' |
| December 26 - Congress Clears Fish and Wildlife Bill |
| December 26 - Sea-Grants Program Renewed: Fishing-Pact Extension Includes Ban on Plastic Dumping at Sea |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: Environment |
