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Volkswagen of America today announced plans to donate $10 million to the Trust for the National Mall. The gift is the largest private gift to date to help overhaul the…

U.S. EPA today announced it would provide a combined $569 million in grants to help New York and New Jersey repair wastewater and drinking water facilities that were damaged by…

A U.N. team today reported ongoing "challenges" in the United States in protecting residents and workers from potential human rights abuses, including coal and hardrock mining impacts. The U.N. Working…

A top Interior Department official yesterday told employees that it was doubtful that the agency would move forward with a proposal to rework coal mine regulatory functions. Former Interior Secretary…

A pending House measure to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline would have no significant effect on the federal budget, the Congressional Budget Office said today. The bill,…

Throughout his time in the Senate, John Kerry earned a reputation for being an outspoken environmentalist. But now, as secretary of State, he presides over a department that is likely…

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday named a former journalist to a high-ranking job at the state Environmental Protection Agency. Alex Barnum, 52, of Berkeley, Calif., has been tapped as…

The oil industry's top lobby group has hired a former gun rights lobbyist to push its issues at the state level. The American Petroleum Institute today announced the appointment of…

Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston (R) today announced his bid to succeed retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R), setting up a potentially divisive Republican primary that for now includes two other House…

Although pesticides have been blamed for their role in widespread die-offs of the world's bee population, a new federal report says that genetic and nutritional factors also play a key…

Anticipating what was expected to be the country's next "nuclear renaissance," industry officials urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission six years ago to prepare for a surge of applications to build…

The Interior Department in the past week sent to the White House for review three rules that could significantly affect the way habitat is protected for threatened and endangered species.…

President Obama named Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker as his choice for Commerce secretary during a Rose Garden announcement this morning before he embarked on a trade trip to Mexico and Costa Rica.

A slew of high-level vacancies at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have created a domino effect of openings and temporary fill-ins -- leaving a question mark in leadership that concerns some marine advocates.

Chinese diners expressed outrage after an announcement that the lamb they have been consuming could actually be rat meat. The country's Ministry of Public Security said over the Internet yesterday…

Dozens of workers died in an accident at a major gold mine in Darfur, Sudan, and work there has been stalled, officials said yesterday. Sudan has worked to bolster gold…

Maryland joined a few other states yesterday in banning shark fin sales, with a slight difference to gain the support of both a commercial fishing group and conservationists. State Sen.…

Florida state lawmakers completed work yesterday on a plan to help fund Everglades restoration, garnering praise from environmental activists and the sugar industry after years of debate over how to…

Human error, not equipment failure, caused last month's generator explosion at a Georgia Power coal-fired plant, according to a spokesman for the utility. Employee errors contributed to the plant's housing…

California filed a lawsuit this week against several food retailers, including Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, alleging that the companies knowingly exposed consumers to illegal lead levels in their candied…

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