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Mining giant Rio Tinto PLC has named Ryan Stanton to lead the company's U.S. government affairs operation.

Canadian energy giant Enbridge Inc. effectively canceled its long-delayed Sandpiper oil pipeline yesterday, saying the North Dakota-to-Wisconsin line was no longer economical due to lagging oil prices and production cuts in the Bakken Shale oil fields of western North Dakota.

The nation's largest grid operator yesterday said it could comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan while acknowledging its findings were based on unknowns about future nuclear reactor closures and gas pricing forecasts.

A U.S. district judge ruled late yesterday what evidence can be introduced in the trial against Ammon Bundy and seven co-defendants over federal conspiracy charges.

A federal court this week sided with the National Park Service in a dispute over trails for off-highway vehicles on lands that were recently added to the Big Cypress National Preserve.

States and countries from around the Pacific Ocean today could not agree on a plan to protect shrinking tuna populations and adopt cutbacks, according to officials.

A hacker may have accessed the personal data of millions of people on the hunting and fishing licensing websites for four states.

Florida has gotten off easy for the past decade when it comes to hurricanes, but that may not be the case anymore.

An off-road race in Nevada that raised environmental concerns ended up not passing through the state's newest national monument, even after getting federal permission to do so.

A federal effort to promote natural defenses against shoreline erosion is getting mixed reviews.

The Department of Agriculture will greatly expand the types of land-use practices farmers and forest owners are encouraged to use as part of the Conservation Stewardship Program, the department said yesterday.

Coal took center stage yesterday during a debate between Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke (R) and his challenger, Democrat Denise Juneau.

Environmental groups say their recent efforts boosting the comeback bid of former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (D) have solidified his lead, but at least one recent poll calls this claim into question.

With the clock ticking on the abbreviated election-year legislative calendar, the conference committee aiming to reconcile the House and Senate's competing energy reform bills will hold its first public meeting next week.

Dave McCurdy got fired from his first job as a grocery bagger.

Turn off your air conditioner and stay cool in your shirt instead.

A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments next week in a complex case over the extent to which the law requires federal regulators to review wholesale electricity capacity rates.

President Obama is planning to make climate change a big part of his life and work after leaving the White House next year. "I think anybody who has the megaphone that even an ex-president has needs to be working on this and raising awareness," Obama told reporters yesterday during a visit to Midway Atoll to highlight his conservation legacy. He speculated he might have more influence with Republicans who "have been resistant to the science" after he leaves office.