U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks before an experimental high flow release from the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona November 19, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Bob StrongWASHINGTON | Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:17am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal

WASHINGTON | Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:41am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western states that rely on receipts from coal sales to help fund their governments are concerned the mining industry is dodging royalty payments on lucrative U.S. exports to Asia.By valuing

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) reacts during the commemoration of the new 380-kV high voltage power line between Schwerin and Hamburg, in Schwerin December 18, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Morris Mac MatzenBERLIN | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:24am EST BERLIN (Reuters)

n">(Reuters) - A tanker carrying light crude oil down the Hudson River briefly ran aground south of Albany, New York, but showed no evidence of a spill, the Coast Guard said on Thursday.The Stena Primorsk, a 600-foot (182-metre) motor tanker, lost

Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:41am EST n">(Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR & Co LP on Thursday kicked off a joint venture with Suez Environment to run the water and wastewater systems of a New Jersey city it hopes will become a model for cash-strapped