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Off-road racers on Friday received federal approval to pass through Nevada's newest national monument during a competition this weekend, but they must drive 35 mph.

A new federal rule allows tribes to enter into agreements with the National Park Service to pick plants on protected land.

A firefighter with the Forest Service died this weekend after a tree fell on him.

Systemic problems within the Forest Service allowed the 2015 Canyon Creek Fire to spiral out of control in Oregon's Malheur National Forest, destroying nearly 150 homes and structures, an investigation from the Portland Oregonian has found.

Officials are still in search-and-rescue mode after deadly flooding in Louisiana displaced tens of thousands of people this weekend.

The Bureau of Land Management's plan to expand access for off-highway vehicles in a popular California sand dunes area complies with the Endangered Species Act, a federal court today ruled.

There's still a need for coal-fired electricity, according to a video released today by a trade group for coal companies and utilities.

Advocacy groups and state energy leaders are urging lawmakers to include provisions in a major reform package that would boost efficiency provisions and avoid a presidential veto.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is meeting with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), energy executives, and faculty and students on the West Coast beginning today to discuss everything from mega-earthquakes to train derailments, hackers and jobs.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund is targeting two House races in the Orlando, Fla., area, endorsing a Democrat looking to take out a senior House Republican and another Democrat competing in an open-seat race.

Former Hawaii Rep. Colleen Hanabusa claimed an overwhelming margin of victory in the Democratic primary Saturday, clearing the way for her return to Capitol Hill next year.

If there's an energy hearing on Capitol Hill, Frank Maisano will likely be camped out at the table reserved for press, bantering with reporters and gathering intel.

Effigy Mounds National Monument skirted federal laws and damaged cultural resources because of "breaks in the system of checks and balances," according to an internal report from the National Park Service.

A federal court on Friday admonished U.S. EPA for its "continued failure" to take final action to limit the use of an insecticide that's been linked with developmental delays.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor yesterday rejected criticism that the nation's highest court has become more politicized in recent years, saying she and her colleagues are increasingly being asked to sort out complex questions that reflect a changing and highly polarized society.

Michigan health officials say lead levels in young children's blood in the state have increased in the past several months, compared with past years.

Virginia Tech professor of civil and environmental engineering Marc Edwards calls himself a "troublemaker."

Clean water crusader Erin Brockovich is calling on U.S. EPA to set a legally enforceable standard for a known carcinogen in drinking water.

The Obama administration is asking Wyoming to examine its arrangement with Peabody Energy Corp. for funding coal-mine cleanup liabilities.

Environmentalists have sued U.S. EPA to force action on their administrative challenge to the operating permit for a coal-fired power plant in southern Maryland.

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