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Fishery managers will have more "flexibility" in setting catch limits under updated federal guidelines that could mollify recreational fishing groups and their congressional allies.

The environmental movement that launched the pipeline sabotage that shook the energy industry this week may have had it roots in a 2013 protest by two lobster fishermen.

The attorney for Democracy Now journalist Amy Goodman, who is facing charges after reporting on a pipeline protest, is condemning comments the prosecutor made to The Bismarck Tribune.

The West Virginia Coal Association criticized Donald Trump but did not withdraw its endorsement of the Republican presidential nominee despite his lewd comments and allegations of sexual assault.

A conservative energy group is airing new radio and television ads praising Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Nevada Republican Rep. Joe Heck, part of a more than $1.1 million push in the final weeks of the 2016 election cycle.

Former New York state Assembly Minority Leader John Faso (R) and law school professor Zephyr Teachout (D) last night made impassioned pitches for their bids to replace retiring Rep. Chris Gibson (R) — clashing over the presidential race and their respective ties to the upstate New York district.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) sought to tie Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H) to the Koch brothers as the two sparred at a debate this morning in one of the most competitive and expensive Senate races of 2016.

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr last night opted to stand apart from his fellow GOP lawmakers who are locked in competitive re-election battles, forcefully embracing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and vowing to cast his ballot for the GOP ticket on Election Day.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As a brutal election draws to a close, a leading conservationist believes environmental issues may be able to bring a badly divided nation together.

The weekend before the first presidential debate of 2016, Republican nominee Donald Trump went to southwest Virginia to talk about energy.

Bill Ruckelshaus — who led U.S. EPA under Presidents Nixon and Reagan — thinks Donald Trump is "scary."

A top Fish and Wildlife Service official may have violated federal regulations by pressuring his staff into awarding a noncompetitive contract worth more than $256,000, the Interior Department inspector general has found.

States, industry groups and power companies yesterday fired their opening shots in the legal battle over the Obama administration's carbon rule for new power plants.

Last year, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer was featured in a news story saying he'd only back a presidential candidate who'd pledge to meet bold renewable energy goals. He got a swift, stinging rebuke from Hillary Clinton's now-campaign chairman, John Podesta, according to emails allegedly hacked from Podesta's personal account.

A province in southwest China is trying to cut energy waste by limiting dam construction in the next five years.

Government scientists believe parasite-infested feces from feral cats in Hawaii could be killing endangered Hawaiian monk seals. But proposals to euthanize the strays have outraged animal rights groups.

A rare tornado ripped off roofs, pushed over trees and tore power lines down in a small coastal Oregon town Friday.

A Utah water planning document is raising eyebrows among some resource experts and environmental groups, who say the document is contradictory and offers few specifics.

An 8-year-old chemical leak at a natural gas facility in southern Alabama is still causing health issues, according to residents who say they've been ignored by the government.

In a 13-day relay, dozens of participants in a Native American ritual are walking along the 405-mile-long Potomac River from West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay.

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