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U.S. EPA has finalized a rule to allow publication of Clean Air Act permit notices online, a change that has irked journalism groups.

Prominent scientists, campaigners and politicians are calling on London's Science Museum to drop its oil sponsorship.

Climate activists have reportedly halted the operation of five oil sands pipelines today in a show of solidarity with American Indian tribes fighting the $3.7 billion Dakota Access crude pipeline in North Dakota.

A climate scientist at Texas Tech University, known for her level-headed discussions and evangelical faith, has quickly become a leading proponent of climate action.

No matter who sits in the Oval Office in January, the American electricity sector will keep moving away from coal, White House senior adviser Brian Deese said today.

The trial of seven of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers continues today in a federal court in Portland, Ore.

Federal judges are unlikely to make a decision this year on an appeal related to the Dakota Access pipeline.

The 3-foot-tall endangered Florida Key deer are facing gruesome deaths from the infestation of New World screwworm.

Flooding from Hurricane Matthew will persist throughout the week, and officials are concerned that cities may fall into chaos as supplies dwindle and power remains out.

The Department of Energy announced a partnership today with international mining giant Rio Tinto PLC to maximize American output of minerals vital to national security.

The Obama administration's focus on restricting grazing activity in greater sage grouse habitat won't protect the grouse, according to a new report from livestock industry groups that calls on regulators to halt implementation of federal grouse conservation plans.

The Interior Department today released a landmark review of important places and events associated with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights movement — the first step toward protecting more of the community's historic sites from development.

The conservative clean energy group ClearPath Action Fund today endorsed House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton's bid for a 16th term and announced it will sponsor a digital ad and mail campaign in the Republican's Michigan district.

New attack ads from the National Republican Congressional Committee highlight former Maine state Sen. Emily Cain's support for a carbon tax, in the GOP's latest effort to prevent the Democrat from flipping the 2nd District seat.

Utah Rep. Mia Love (R) and Democratic challenger Doug Owens bristled throughout their debate last night in the state's 4th District — clashing on topics from Congress' schedule to climate change — but the candidates did find an area in which they agree: Neither wants much to do with his or her respective party's presidential nominee.

DENVER — Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman (R) and state Sen. Morgan Carroll (D) are locked in one of the nation's most competitive House races this cycle — replete with negative attack ads and more than $4 million in outside spending — but at a candidate forum here last night, it appeared the duo had called a temporary cease-fire, all but ignoring each other onstage.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) ended his bid for the White House nearly 10 months ago, but on Election Day, he can expect to receive at least one vote — from fellow Sen. John McCain.

In New Hampshire, environmental divisions often aren't as clearcut as they are in other states.

An unlikely internet sensation was born during Sunday's presidential debate when an Illinois coal plant worker asked Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton the singular question about energy policy.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up the government's appeal in a case involving critical habitat protections for the Canada lynx in national forests.

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