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Lobbyists for the Edison Electric Institute and the American Petroleum Institute were chosen today by a trade publication as the top lobbyists of the year for working to further the…

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) named politicians yesterday from Los Angeles and San Francisco to spots on the agency that oversees air pollution and climate change policies. John Gioia, 55,…

Former Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who served 36 years in Congress advocating for wildlife, watersheds and the climate, will join the Washington, D.C., law firm Van Ness Feldman LLP as…

Beekeepers and environmentalists are bashing a federal report released last week on colony collapse disorder, calling it too much scientific review and too little action on pesticide regulation as bee…

About a dozen opponents of mountaintop-removal mining, including four children, staged a sit-in at U.S. EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., this morning, part of a larger rally urging the agency…

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday called for changes to the landmark law that requires disclosure of toxic chemicals, a measure affecting most consumer products sold in the state. The…

The oil industry is asking U.S. EPA to slow its review process for a rule that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, accusing the agency of violating the…

Exxon Mobil Corp. last night said it has started developing an oil field in the Gulf of Mexico it believes contains nearly 6 billion barrels of oil and gas. Development…

A key House Democrat today criticized the Obama administration's proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on public land, saying it appears to be watering down the rule "under pressure from industry." "The Interior Department seems to be making the rule weaker, not stronger," Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) said in his opening statement at a hearing on the proposal. "Weakening these requirements is troubling to me."

With 20 to 40 percent greater fuel efficiency than traditional gasoline engines, can clean diesel technology compete in the transportation market? During today's OnPoint, Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the…

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala is seeking to close a loophole that has allowed companies to dodge paying environmental fines. Currently, mining and energy firms can effectively stave off paying penalties…

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed a bill yesterday that would give the state Natural Resources Commission the power to decide which animals can be hunted, a move that could…

Regular instances of light fixtures emitting hazardous liquids in New York schools and a federal lawsuit are putting immense pressure on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration to expedite…

Long-awaited state and federal plans to build a massive tunnel under the fragile California Delta are being pushed back from this summer to fall, officials announced yesterday. Agencies need more…

The sale of a Montana coal mine has stalled as the companies renegotiate the deal's terms, according to court documents. The deal for the Decker mine between Ambre Energy Ltd.…

Consumer Reports magazine said the Tesla Model S is the best car it has tested since 2007, awarding the sedan a score of 99 out of 100 possible points. The…

The European Union has agreed to impose import duties on Chinese solar panels in an attempt to prevent the "dumping" of cheap goods and encourage the purchase of European-made solar…

Coal boosters are warning against reading too much into yesterday's announcement by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP that it is scrapping plans for an export terminal along the Columbia River…

American Municipal Power Inc. and FirstEnergy Corp. are killing their plans to build a natural gas-fired plant because of what they say are increased costs resulting from the sequester. The…

Steelmaking may soon go on a carbon-free diet. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a process for making steel without carbon dioxide emissions, according to a study…

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