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Judge Merrick Garland submitted his completed questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee today, presenting a detailed account of his credentials despite Republicans' refusal to hold a hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court.

Beekeepers lost nearly half of their honeybee colonies last year, with a growing number dying in the summertime, according to a survey released today.

Trucks may soon be crisscrossing wetlands in the Big Cypress National Preserve as part of a Texas company's bid to find underground oil and gas reserves in the vast South Florida swamp.

After buying close to 3 million acres of oil and gas leases in the Arctic Ocean during the George W. Bush administration, global energy firms have given most of them back to the U.S. government, according to the environmental group Oceana.

Ammon Bundy is neither a militia member nor a "sovereign citizen" but is rather part of a "growing body of significant thinkers" who believe the U.S. Constitution bars the federal government from owning lands, according to his attorneys.

Following yesterday's release by U.S. EPA of a final rule on methane emissions from new sources, and a proposal on existing source emissions, how will the agency proceed with its existing source rule? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Amanda Reilly discusses the reaction to EPA's highly anticipated announcement and explains how the presidential election will impact the agency's next steps on existing sources.

China's environment ministry has been given approval to inspect provinces and regions throughout the country as part of a larger effort to find local polluters, a newspaper reported today.

Brazil is in turmoil after its Senate voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff this week over alleged unsanctioned changing of government accounts.

An alligator bit off most of a Florida man's arm after he jumped into a canal behind an apartment complex Wednesday night in an attempt to hide from the police.

Pennsylvania has restarted its popular program offering low-interest, fixed-rate financing for energy-efficient home improvements.

A draft proposal aimed at tripling the number of wolves hunters and trappers allowed to harvest outside of Yellowstone National Park was smacked down yesterday by Montana wildlife commissioners.

Across Houston -- the capital of the petrochemical industry -- hundreds of dangerous chemicals are stored at facilities unbeknownst to most neighbors.

Approximately half of all sugar throughout the United States comes from sugar beets, and the remainder is derived from sugar cane.

Sporting goods giant Nike Inc. has announced a sweeping plan to double productivity while simultaneously shrinking its environmental impact by half.

The director of the Energy Department's Office of Management will oversee DOE's transition to a new administration in 2017.

Sean Fritzler attached his climbing harness to a metal cable and climbed 260 rungs to the top of a wind turbine similar in size to the Statue of Liberty.

The Tennessee Valley Authority today became the first company in the United States to officially explore the option of building a small modular reactor (SMR).

Randall Krause is suing the University of Nebraska, saying the tradition of releasing thousands of red balloons after its football team scores a goal litters the planet with latex and ribbon that can hurt wildlife.

SolarCity Corp., the largest U.S. solar installer, said today it has been subpoenaed in a broad investigation of state contracts and lobbying in New York.

A federal appeals court this week said it lacks authority to intervene in a case involving parents of Latino students who say their children were exposed to dangerous pesticide levels nearly two decades ago.

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