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President Obama must do more in his second term to balance energy development on federal lands with conservation, according to a pair of reports released this week by public lands…

White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, whom President Obama is expected to nominate today as the next Treasury Secretary, has a long history in energy efficiency and clean energy,…

There's a small map depicting the entire length of Interstate 95 at Miami Beach's panoramic South Beach boardwalk. The map's message is simple: Hop on this road from anywhere on…

A former aide to Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) has joined the policy team at the Western Energy Alliance, a trade group that represents hundreds of oil and gas companies. Brian…

A coalition of advocacy groups, companies and labor unions yesterday called on President Obama to finalize new regulations this year that will cut the amount of sulfur in gasoline and,…

Incoming Senate Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said an Energy Department economic study on liquefied natural gas exports contains flaws and needs to be retooled before it's inserted into…

The new top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has kicked off the new year by revamping the panel's staff. Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has let go…

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) is preparing to reintroduce legislation he says is aimed at purging the tax code of subsidies for energy companies, setting out an early marker in a…

One of the Senate's most liberal members introduced a bill yesterday that would introduce fees for greenhouse gas emitters. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said in a statement on his bill…

President Obama can deliver on his international carbon-reduction commitments without new congressional action by making full use of his authority under the Clean Air Act and other laws, according to…

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is accusing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of covering up the concerns of whistle-blowers in Texas, but current and former NRC workers say the situation inside the…

Adding fuel to the notion that Energy Secretary Steven Chu's departure from the Obama administration may be imminent, one of Chu's senior advisers is departing for a plum post in…

Anticipating a "flood" of new regulations from the federal government covering environmental protection, financial transactions and health care, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is planning to "beef up" its stable…

In late 1993 and early 1994, Coy Koontz Sr. applied for two permits from a Florida agency as he sought to build on wetlands he owned just east of Orlando. Today, Koontz has been dead for 13 years, his family no longer owns the property and the permits have long been approved. And yet a legal dispute about the permitting process is about to be argued at the Supreme Court. The case, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, raises major questions about the right of government to impose conditions in return for permit approval.

The New York Times plans to shut down its environment desk and reassign those journalists to other sections of the paper. None of the journalists will be fired, the paper's…

Jackson County, Ore., plans to vote on a ballot initiative to ban genetically modified crops in May 2014. Under the measure, no genetically modified crops could be raised in the…

Suffolk County, N.Y., passed a law to block the use of bisphenol A, or BPA, from cash register receipts. County Executive Steve Bellone signed the law last week. Legislators had…

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission approved new guidelines to handle brucellosis -- a disease that has flu-like symptoms and can be passed on to cattle -- in elk.…

Beijing experienced its highest level of air pollution in at least a month, and officials have warned residents to stay inside. All of Beijing's air quality-monitoring sites indicate the city…

Iowa's lakes continue to fill up with sediment from nearby farm fields, despite millions of dollars spent on programs to decrease nutrient and sediment runoff from agricultural land, a new…

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