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Robin Rivett shares initials with his favorite politician: Ronald Reagan.

U.S. EPA is pursuing a number of changes to the second phase of planning efforts to improve visibility in national parks and wildlife refuges.

An Atlanta-based federal appeals court is grappling with how to handle a legal fight over a contentious water rule while similar litigation plays out in Cincinnati.

In the span of a few years, the downturn of the coal industry shredded a web of proposed coal mines, railroad lines and export terminals stretching from the Powder River Basin to the coast of Washington state. Still, advocates refuse to forsake the remaining few projects based on the belief that, eventually, foreign demand for American coal will recover.

Five years post-Solyndra, another major solar company declared bankruptcy this month. How is SunEdison Inc.'s bankruptcy unique, and what does it represent about the state of the solar industry? On today's The Cutting Edge, EnergyWire reporter David Ferris discusses the impacts of SunEdison's bankruptcy on the broader industry. He also talks about the political shift on solar since Solyndra.

Leaders in Swaziland have proposed legalizing the trade in rhinoceros horns to fund anti-poaching efforts.

The European Commission is bringing Poland to court for breaking E.U. environmental law while exploring for natural gas, an executive said yesterday.

A water utility that serves a half a million residents in central Iowa, including the city of Des Moines, announced it has turned on its nitrate removal system.

A sea lion that swam and waddled its way about 50 miles from the ocean in Washington state to a cattle ranch last month was found dead just two weeks after being released back into the water.

Oregon regulators released a list of more than 300 companies that have air permits allowing for emissions of heavy metals but whose emission levels are unknown.

Cleaning products company Honest Co. is facing a lawsuit over its product claims.

Not all neonicotinoid pesticides pose the same risk for bees, according to new research.

Volkswagen officials yesterday pledged to produce over 20 additional electric vehicle models by 2020.

Workers who reported headaches after working at part of the Hanford nuclear reservation where waste from a leaking tank was being transferred were given medical evaluations yesterday.

The U.S. EPA inspector general announced plans today to examine how the agency manages revolving loan funds for its brownfields program.

The Large Hadron Collider, a 17-mile superconducting machine designed with the intention of pushing protons together at the speed of light, went offline yesterday.

A toxic waste storage facility in West Texas is seeking a permit to accept and store nuclear reactor fuel, most of which is highly radioactive.

A proposed new nuclear reactor in New Jersey won approval from a Nuclear Regulatory Commission board yesterday.

After years of pursuing renewable energy projects, the Army is now hoping to get into the energy storage business in order to make its bases more secure.

A Texas court today knocked down a contentious Houston air pollution program, siding with industry groups that had challenged the city's environmental program.

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