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U.S. EPA's call for all states to post their inventory information online regarding the number and exact location of risky lead pipes in their drinking water systems has many regulators scoffing.

California regulators today finalized adding styrene to their list of chemicals known to cause cancer, in a move that has faced industry opposition.

An underground plume of salt water may threaten drinking supplies and Biscayne Bay, records show.

Two automakers are dealing with new concerns over the accuracy of their emissions data.

A retired Interior Department employee gained access to her old job's computer network to snoop on her former co-workers.

The Department of Energy this week proposed an efficiency rule for commercial water heaters that would save more energy than most other recent standards on the books.

Infrastructure in Silicon Valley could become inundated as sea-level rise threatens to submerge much of the booming part of the Bay Area.

A federal judge this week halted litigation over a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant permit because of a potential settlement between environmentalists and the administration.

The Obama administration's environmental law shop scored a "favorable outcome" in 96 percent of its cases last year, according to a report issued today by the Justice Department.

National Geographic magazine has dedicated its entire May issue to the wonders of Yellowstone National Park.

Protesters at the mouth of the Columbia River blocked federal wildlife workers from killing cormorants yesterday, disrupting the action for the fourth day.

Search crews in Shenandoah National Park yesterday located a body they believe is a Fairfax County, Va., firefighter whose vehicle was found in the park last Saturday.

California water managers announced yesterday that cities across the state can expect a significant increase in deliveries thanks to a rainier-than-expected March but that the state's historic drought is still far from over.

U.S. EPA is defending its new inventory of greenhouse gases against criticism from the oil and gas industry.

A group of Democratic senators yesterday introduced a bill that would prohibit oil and gas seismic surveys along the East Coast.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has used his Massachusetts Institute of Technology email account for department business.

The Democratic-controlled California Senate is advancing legislation aimed at the Los Angeles-based air agency where Republicans gained control and later ousted the top executive.

Volkswagen Group has suffered a significant financial loss in fiscal 2015, largely because of revelations that it rigged cars to skirt federal air emissions standards, the company said today.

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State John Kerry cast the signing today of the landmark Paris climate agreement as a spur toward victory in a decadeslong war on global warming. "Knowing what we know, this is also a day to recommit ourselves to actually win this war," Kerry told the U.N. General Assembly. "While it isn't done yet, today we are on the march."

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a case focused on a Maryland incentive program initiated to encourage new natural gas generation. How does the court's decision impact a state's ability to obtain new generating capacity? During today's OnPoint, Joseph Hall, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney and co-chair of Dorsey's Energy Industry Group, explains how this ruling will shape the future of state decisions on new generation.

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