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Koch Industries Inc. today urged lawmakers to support a House Republican resolution that states a carbon tax would be "detrimental" to the United States.

A veterans group is asking the Senate to keep the greater sage grouse out of the defense authorization bill.

Why aren't Pentagon officials joining in House Republican efforts to block federal management of the imperiled greater sage grouse? The answer lies in a 2004 amendment to the Endangered Species Act.

Democrats' efforts to increase domestic spending to aid Flint, Mich., and fight the Zika virus failed in a procedural Senate vote this morning.

The periodic table is expected to get new four elements on its seventh row: moscovium, nihonium, oganesson and tennessine.

Bigger corn plantings tied to the federal renewable fuel standard are increasing soil erosion, according to a study released today.

A U.S. EPA employee alleged to have had child pornography at work said today he is innocent of the charges.

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- The shooting death of a coal executive in a cemetery here last month sent shockwaves through Appalachia. There was speculation about Ben Hatfield’s death being somehow linked to his long career in the troubled mining industry, but police say his killing was a random act in a region with a long violent history. Said the Mingo County sheriff: “Wrong place, wrong time.”

A wildlife hospital in Britain is treating an unusual patient: a sea gull that dove into a vat of chicken tikka masala and turned bright orange.

An Ohio woman who was charged by a deer last week says she feels like a "prisoner" in her home.

U.S. EPA was slammed with complaints even before its release this week of a $746 million plan to clean the Portland Harbor Superfund site.

The world's largest landfill is almost halfway through a big transformation into a park.

Outdoor air pollution might cost 1 percent of gross domestic product -- $2.6 trillion -- and cause between 6 million and 9 million premature deaths each year by 2060, a new study says.

Drinking fountains at 14 Chicago schools have tested positive for lead contamination, school district officials said yesterday.

Volkswagen AG employees may have deleted information that could have hurt the company before it admitted to cheating on California emissions tests, according to German prosecutors.

Showing off the innovative side of cities, seven mayors yesterday laid out their arguments to the Department of Transportation on how transportation technology could help remedy community inequities.

Ken Ilgunas has traversed the route intended for the Keystone XL pipeline without being shot, after being warned about the dangers of trespassing.

A North Carolina watchdog group is arguing that the government may not actually know how much methane is released into the atmosphere from the drilling and storage of natural gas.

In the fight over renewable fuel mandates, one side wants to strengthen the "blend wall," while the other is trying to tear it down.

West Virginia regulators and bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. reached a deal for covering coal mine cleanup costs that "resolves" the state's objections to the company's restructuring plan.

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