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Louisiana is traditionally a red state. It is also one of the most polluted states, one of the poorest, and the worst in health, education and overall welfare of its residents.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has long been critical of wind energy. But if he were to win the White House and rail against the issue, that wouldn't sit well with some members of his own party, including a top GOP senator.

House Republicans' re-election arm dubbed six candidates "Young Guns" yesterday, conveying the party's confidence in that group's chances this November.

President Obama yesterday sought to connect conservation to climate change, saying the effort is "more critical, more urgent than ever."

California will spend $900 million in revenues raised by its cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions and hold back $462 million for later under a deal reached yesterday by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Senate and Assembly leaders.

House Republican leaders say they will offer an alternative vision for the country this month when they push bills to allow online offshore drilling lease sales, overhaul the regulatory review process and prevent a government shutdown.

The Obama administration and California yesterday announced a new effort to save the beleaguered Salton Sea, the shriveling lake in southeast California that is on the verge of spurring a public health crisis.

Already struggling against parasites and pesticides, honeybees face another threat in the northern Great Plains: ethanol.

The Obama administration today finalized guidance documents outlining exactly how federal land managers will implement provisions in sweeping greater sage grouse conservation plans covering 67 million acres in 10 Western states.

Kentucky Republican Rep. Ed Whitfield will resign from Congress when the House reconvenes Tuesday, vacating his post at the helm of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power just two months before his term had been set to expire.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck New Zealand yesterday, with authorities ordering the evacuation of some coastal areas due to a tsunami threat.

Six months after environmental activist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was killed in her native Honduras, environmental activists report they still face death threats, harrassment and abuse.

Washington state's Department of Ecology has demanded that railroad companies transporting oil show that they are capable of immediatly responding to spills.

A federal report released Wednesday found that U.S. EPA failed to properly notify residents near the CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund site that they were experiencing prolonged exposure to a carcinogen.

North Dakota's Health Department has found that a landfill used for oil waste has stowed tons of radioactive material despite withdrawing an application to store such waste.

U.S. EPA is getting a second, 60-day extension to make sulfur dioxide attainment designations for five areas required under a court settlement last year with two environmental groups.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has proposed three new wastewater permits for utility giant Duke Energy Corp., a move an environmental group says could result in millions of gallons of untreated coal ash dumped into the Dan River and Roanoke River Basin.

U.S. EPA has rolled out a final regional haze reduction plan for Arkansas, garnering praise from environmentalists and heated denunciations from state elected leaders.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly known as SpaceX, suffered a crushing defeat yesterday when one of its rockets exploded, destroying a $200 million communications satellite.

Google recently began its plan to expand a small city-owned wetland in Mountain View, Calif., an effort that has sparked mixed reactions.

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