 January 9 - Fiscal 1988 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| January 9 - Fiscal 1988 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| January 9 - Major Provisions of the Fiscal 1988 Reconciliation Bill |
| January 9 - Sen. Byrd's Clean-Coal Plan OK'd: Interior Spending Exceeds Reagan's Request |
| February 6 - Johnston Plan for Arctic Unveiled: Conservation Funds to Benefit If Refuge Opened to Drilling |
| February 20 - Bridging Dingell-Waxman Differences: 'Group of Nine' Democrats Seeks Clean-Air Compromise |
| February 20 - But Some Say 'Too Little Too Late': Ratification of Ozone Pact Recommended |
| February 20 - House Clears Bill to Reduce Earthquake Hazards |
| February 20 - Major Proposals in Reagan's Fiscal 1989 Budget |
| February 20 - Move to Delay Defeated: Panel Approves Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge |
| February 20 - Senate Panel Takes a Swing at Pesticides Bill |
| February 27 - Bill Would Allow Drilling: Oil Industry Wins First Round In Battle Over Arctic Refuge |
| February 27 - Clean-Air Markup Lags as Private Talks Continue |
| February 27 - Senate Panel Votes to Overhaul Nuclear Agency |
| March 5 - Markup Proceeds, but Slowly: Waxman Scores Early Victory In Battle Over Clean-Air Bill |
| March 5 - Senate Locks Horns With Reagan on Sewer Money |
| March 12 - Disaster Relief Bill Approved |
| March 19 - Disaster-Relief Bill Roars Through House |
| March 19 - Endangered Species Debate: Ranchers Want Right to Hunt Wolves, Bears |
| March 19 - First Reaction Cautious: 'Group-of-Nine' Democrats Offer Clean-Air Compromise |
| March 19 - New Studies Raise Concerns: Ozone Pact OK'd, but Some Say It's Not Enough |
| March 19 - Senate Renews, Amends Nuclear-Insurance Law |
| March 26 - Backers Fight to Keep Supercollider on Track |
| March 26 - Panel Votes to Limit Logging in Tongass Forest |
| April 2 - Agreement on Fee Schedule: Panel Makes Some Headway on Pesticide Bill |
| April 2 - Cave-Protection Bill Passed By House |
| April 2 - Defense Bill Plugs Project: Private Space Station Proposal Delayed by House Opposition |
| April 2 - No 'Christmas Tree': Senate Panel Approves Water-Projects Bill |
| April 2 - Projected Cost of Water-Projects Bill (chart) |
| April 2 - Senate Votes to Bail Out Uranium Industry |
| April 16 - Compromise Plan Offered: Group of Nine' Determined To Break Clean-Air Deadlock |
| April 16 - From Rails to Trails: House Panel Votes to Save Abandoned Rights of Way |
| April 16 - Frustration Over Impasse Unites 'Group of Nine' |
| April 16 - House Panel OKs Two Bills to Protect Oceans |
| April 16 - Railroads Could Lease Mines: Coal-Slurry Pipeline Bill OK'd by Senate Panel |
| April 16 - Senate Labor Votes New Biotech Advisory Board |
| April 16 - Senate Passes Alternative-Fuels Bills |
| April 23 - Ban on Oil Drilling Rejected: House Panel Begins Work on Arctic Refuge Bill |
| April 23 - House Passes Rail-Path Bill |
| April 23 - Pesticide Bill: One Step Forward, One Step Back? |
| April 23 - Senate OKs Ban on Tin-Based Boat Paints |
| April 30 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES Mulroney Urges Action on Acid Rain |
| April 30 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES Senate Passes Water-Projects Bill |
| April 30 - Panel Approves Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge |
| May 7 - Would Open Refuge to Oil Drilling: ANWR Bill Leaps First Hurdle, But That Was the Short One |
| May 14 - House Passes Nuclear-Emergency Bill |
| May 14 - Indoor-Air-Pollution Bill Approved |
| May 14 - No Construction Start for Supercollider: Fiscal '89 Energy, Water Bill Holds Off on New Projects |
| May 14 - Panel Recommends $10.7 Billion: NASA Request Cut to Fund Other Programs |
| May 14 - Punished for Talking With Dingell Panel: DOE Official Admits Failure To Shield 'Whistleblowers' |
| May 14 - Senate Panel Approves Land-Exchange Bill |
| May 21 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| May 21 - House Panel Approves Bill to Tighten PCB Limits |
| May 21 - House Passes First Spending Bill for Fiscal 1989 |
| May 21 - Prognosis Is Poor for Arctic Oil-Drilling Bill |
| May 21 - Senate Passes Fluorescent-Light Bill |
| May 21 - Some Say Government Being Cheated: Panel Approves Controversial Land Exchange |
| May 28 - Civil and Criminal Penalties Provided: Congress Clears Ban on Tin-Based Boat Paints |
| May 28 - Environment More Urban Areas Face Clean-Air Sanctions |
| May 28 - Fish and Wildlife Bills Sent to House Floor |
| May 28 - Partisan Battle Brewing Over Park Service Bill |
| June 4 - SSC Research Funds Approved: Challenge to Atom Smasher Turned Back on House Floor |
| June 11 - $9.3 Billion Spending Bill OK'd: Panel Adds Drilling Moratorium To Interior Appropriations Bill |
| June 11 - Clean-Air Proposals: No Breakthrough Yet |
| June 11 - Committee's Role Is as Old as the Republic |
| June 11 - Energy and Water Spending Bill OK'd: Senate Panel Agrees to Delay Key Decision on Supercollider |
| June 11 - House Passes NSF Authorization |
| June 11 - Merchant Marine: Too Close to Its 'Clients'? |
| June 11 - New Yorkers Angry Over Proposed Sewage Ban |
| June 11 - Railroads Could Lose Coal Monopoly: Interior Panel Approves Coal-Slurry Measure |
| June 18 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| June 18 - Energy/Environment Notes: Flourescent Lights |
| June 18 - Energy/Environment Notes: House Moves to Tighten Rules on PCB Disposal |
| June 18 - House Panel OKs Use of Mineral-Leasing Measure |
| June 18 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: House Panel Rebuffs Challenge To Offshore-Oil-Leasing Ban |
| June 18 - Panel OKs Bills on Waste-Reduction, Asbestos |
| June 18 - Park Service Reorganization |
| June 18 - Senate Passes Earth-Drilling, Biotech Bills |
| June 18 - Spending Bill Becomes Vehicle for Power Struggle |
| June 18 - Waxman Resumes Markup: Clean-Air Proposals Multiply As Election Day Draws Closer |
| June 25 - Conferees Agree on Energy and Water Funding |
| June 25 - Dispute Over 'Scoring': Oil-Leasing Controversy Dogs Interior Bill |
| June 25 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES New Jersey Wins a Round in Sludge War |
| June 25 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES: Great Smoky National Park Bill Stalled |
| June 25 - Last-Minute Effort Blocks Pesticide Amendment |
| July 2 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| July 2 - Energy/Environment Notes: Congress Gives School Districts More Time to Clean Up Asbestos |
| July 2 - Fiscal 1989 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| July 2 - Interior Spending Measure Passed: House Meets Deadline on Appropriations Bills |
| July 2 - Manned Space Station in the Balance: Officials Consider Defying Hill on Private Station |
| July 2 - Spending Bill for Energy and Water Approved |
| July 9 - Interior's Motives Questioned: Alaskan Land-Exchange Plan Criticized as 'Unfair to Public' |
| July 9 - Senate Clears Energy/Water Funding Bill |
| July 16 - Energy/Environment Notes: Bills on Indoor Air Pollution, Manassas Battlefield Advance |
| July 16 - New Clean-Air Compromise Put Forth |
| July 16 - Prognosis Uncertain: House, Senate Move to Revive Pesticide Bills |
| July 16 - Senate Shifts Oil Drilling Speedup to Alaska |
| July 30 - Endangered-Species Bill Passed: Senate Votes for Shrimpers Over Sea Turtles |
| July 30 - House Gives Nod to Land Exchange |
| July 30 - House Passes Fish and Wildlife Bills |
| July 30 - Interior Panel OKs Bills Reorganizing Two Offices |
| July 30 - Park Service Reorganization Sent to Senate |
| July 30 - Veto Predicted: House Votes to Limit Logging in Alaska Forest |
| August 6 - Energy/Enviroment Notes: Waste-Reduction Bill |
| August 6 - Energy/Environment Notes: House Panel Approves Sewage-Dumping Ban |
| August 6 - Energy/Environment Notes: Land Exchanges |
| August 6 - Energy/Environment Notes: Lead in Drinking Water |
| August 6 - Energy/Environment Notes: Merchant Marine Markups |
| August 6 - Political Impasse Threatens Future of FERC |
| August 6 - Reagan Expected to Sign Compromise: Congress Clears Nuclear-Insurance Measure |
| August 13 - Conferees Agree on Interior Spending Bill |
| August 13 - Decision Up to EPA: Congress Fails to Take Action On Aug. 31 Clean-Air Deadline |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL NOTES: African Elephant Conservation |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL NOTES: Turtle Excluder Devices |
| August 13 - House Passes Critical-Minerals Bill |
| August 13 - Senate Votes to Revamp Nuclear Commission |
| August 27 - Reagan Signs Second of 13 Appropriations Bills (chart) |
| August 27 - Taxes Again Top May List: Lobbyists Anticipate Action To Clean Up Air in Buildings |
| September 3 - 100th Congress Will Finish on a Partisan Note |
| September 10 - Arranging Priorities: Test for Researchers |
| September 10 - Bill Sent to Reagan: House, Senate Split Differences On Interior Appropriations Bill |
| September 10 - Congress Clears Bill to Fight Wildfires |
| September 10 - Defining Federal Role May Be Key Decision |
| September 10 - House Panel Approves Biotechnology Bill |
| September 10 - Little Breathing Space For Smog and Acid Rain |
| September 10 - Medical-Waste Dumping Ban OK'd |
| September 10 - Members Seek to Block Chinese Launch Deal |
| September 10 - Panel Enlarges 'Pork-Free' Water-Projects Bill |
| September 10 - Senate Ratifies Nuclear-Accident Agreements |
| September 17 - Bare-Bones Pesticide Bill Sent To House Floor |
| September 17 - Endangered-Species Bill Nears Final Approval |
| September 17 - Energy/Environment Notes: Controlling Medical Waste |
| September 17 - Energy/Environment Notes: Protecting Manassas Park |
| September 17 - Energy/Environment Notes: Pushing Alternative Fuels |
| September 17 - Energy/Environment Notes: Secrecy Surrounds Negotiations Aimed at Clean-Air Compromise |
| September 17 - Energy/Environment Notes: Tightening PCB Rules |
| September 17 - Fiscal 1989 Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| September 24 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES: Alternative-Fuels Bill Cleared |
| September 24 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES: FERC Nominations Approved |
| September 24 - House Passes Scaled-Back Pesticide-Control Bill |
| September 24 - Mitchell Negotiating With UMW: Progress Reported in Efforts To Get Clean-Air Compromise |
| September 24 - Panel OKs Bill to Study Global Changes |
| September 24 - Senate Panel OKs Groundwater Bill |
| October 1 - Compromise Reached on Ocean Dumping |
| October 1 - Energy/Environment Notes: Endangered Species Measure Sent to President |
| October 1 - Energy/Environment Notes: Marine Mammals |
| October 1 - Energy/Environment Notes: NRC Investigations |
| October 1 - Fire-Safety Measures Passed by House |
| October 1 - House Panel Seeks Inquiry Into Employee's Firing |
| October 1 - House Passes Water-Projects Bill |
| October 1 - Plan Attacked on Several Fronts: Filibuster Threat Dims Hope For Clean-Air Compromise |
| October 1 - Reagan Signs Spending Bill for Interior |
| October 1 - Research Facilities to Be Upgraded: House Agrees to Double Funding For National Science Foundation |
| October 1 - Senate Clears Bill to Speed Up Pesticide Testing |
| October 8 - Action Taken on Several Bills: Congress Moves to Control Ocean Pollution |
| October 8 - All Sides Blamed for Death of Clean-Air Bill |
| October 8 - Bill Requires Tracking of Medical Wastes |
| October 8 - Democrats Take Three of Five Seats: FERC Commissioners Approved In 'Package Deal' in Senate |
| October 8 - House Approves Indian Water-Rights Bill |
| October 8 - House OKs Bill to Deal With Radon |
| October 8 - House Passes Bill to Reduce Drinking-Water Lead |
| October 8 - Other Bills Attached: Senate OKs Plan to Coordinate Research on Superconductivity |
| October 15 - Congress Clears Bill to Track Medical Waste |
| October 15 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES: Archaeological Treasures |
| October 15 - ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT NOTES: South Dakota Drinking Water |
| October 15 - From Oregon to Alabama: Congress Moves to Protect More Wild Rivers |
| October 15 - House Clears Bill to Continue Central Utah Project |
| October 15 - House Clears Bill to Establish Zuni-Cibola Park |
| October 15 - Senate Clears Bill to Deal With Radon |
| October 15 - Senate Clears Navajo-Hopi Relocation Bill |
| October 22 - Bill Protecting New Mexico's Rio Chama Is Cleared |
| October 22 - Bill to Allow Access to Park Vetoed |
| October 22 - Congress Clears Arizona-Idaho Legislative Package |
| October 22 - Congress Clears New Curbs on Tuna Fishermen |
| October 22 - Congress Seeks to Skirt Reagan Veto of Land Bill |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Animas-La Plata Project |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Congress Clears Bills Protecting Drinking Water, Marine Life |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Montana Wilderness |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Plastic Six-Pack Holders |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Sludge Dumping |
| October 22 - Energy/Environment Notes: Water Projects |
| October 22 - Nutrition-Monitoring Bill Cleared |
| October 29 - Amendments Leave CEQ Bill Stranded |
| October 29 - Energy/Environment Notes: Cave-Protection Bill Clears |
| October 29 - Energy/Environment Notes: Indian Water-Rights Bill Clears, Adding California Canal Work |
| October 29 - Energy/Environment Notes: Polluted-Land Bill OK'd |
| October 29 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Energy/Environment |
| October 29 - Manassas Battlefield Provision Wins OK |
| October 29 - Provisions of Water-Projects Authorization Bill |
| October 29 - Washington Wilderness Bill Clears |
| November 5 - Lobbyists Seek Hill Action To Modify Utilities Law |
| November 5 - Montana Wilderness Legislation Vetoed |
| November 5 - Reagan Vetoes Wilderness, Indian-Loan Bills |
| November 12 - Losers Cry Foul: Texas-Site Decision Puts SSC On Political Collision Course |
| December 24 - Legislative Outlook: Energy/Environment |
| December 24 - Nuclear-Weapons Woes Await Congress |
