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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking input on "barriers" to energy storage in a move that could spur the technology, according to analysts.

Activists from two disparate corners of coal country will attempt to hand-deliver a $14 billion "invoice" today at Peabody Energy Corp. headquarters in St. Louis demanding that the bankrupt coal giant prioritize workers and the environment over executive compensation and major creditors.

Seven additional states have joined in asking the Supreme Court to toss out U.S. EPA's rule to limit power plants' mercury emissions.

A food product created by a gene-editing technique called CRISPR could be on a path to being sold and eaten. And the product could be the first of many modified foods to hit the market.

Populations of the quino checkerspot butterfly, known for its checkerboard orange, black and white wings, have sharply declined as a result of human encroachment and drought, stressors that have placed the species on the brink of extinction, experts say.

Abundant fisheries along the West Coast are at risk as waters become more acidic, scientists warn.

Thirty years after the catastrophic explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, wildlife rules an area abandoned by residents after the release of radioactive material.

Rates of pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay are dropping, according to the latest findings from the Chesapeake Bay Program, a coalition of regional leaders and regulators focused on restoration.

One of the congressional staffers who negotiated and wrote the Clean Air and Clean Water acts had his first exposure to environmental issues from his parents, liberal Montana newspaper publishers.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) has endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump for president.

In a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said hikers crossing into the country from Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail should no longer have to face the threat of fines or arrest.

Senate Democrats are using the 21st anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing to push the chamber to confirm federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Garland, as a top Justice Department official, helped prosecute perpetrator Timothy McVeigh.

Environmentalists are asking President Obama to push back against a provision in a bill overhauling the primary chemical-safety law that they say helps Monsanto Co.

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a $56.5 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill this morning.

Outside efforts to sway senators on the bipartisan energy bill continue today, with interest groups from across the spectrum weighing in ahead of a series of votes expected this afternoon.

Likening the Flint, Mich., drinking water lead crisis to attempted murder, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) pressed U.S. EPA's chief today to explain why her agency's proposed budget would cut federal aid for water projects.

A key senator has weighed in on behalf of ranchers in their brewing legal battle with environmentalists over the use of a national park on California's coast.

A coalition of nine states is challenging Wisconsin in a closely watched case over property rights that will soon head to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today sided unanimously with federal energy regulators as the justices knocked down a controversial state program to boost power generation. The 8-0 decision is a victory for energy companies that challenged the rule and the Obama administration and a defeat for Maryland and other states that wanted the justices to back the state program encouraging new natural gas generation.

Cameroonian authorities set some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks and hundreds of ivory products aflame yesterday in what is believed to be one of the biggest destructions of poached wildlife parts in African history.

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