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Updating building codes around the country could slash carbon emissions by as much as the annual output of 245 coal-fired power plants, according to a new study from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

The pace and scope of sustainability planning in U.S. cities is not sufficient to meet global challenges such as climate change and energy scarcity, according to a report released today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Ammon Bundy and six others were both assailed for flouting federal law and praised for protecting their consitutional rights as lawyers for both sides presented their closing arguments yesterday in the trial over the occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Texas is challenging U.S. EPA's recent rejection of the state's blueprint for meeting the "good neighbor" provisions of the 2008 ozone standards.

The 16-month streak of record-high temperatures is over, partly thanks to the end of El Niño, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill feral pigs at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge near the Arizona-California border.

For the past year, Canada's province of Ontario has been conducting a novel experiment on pesticides.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been ordered to update a decades-old recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf.

Advocates for the energy storage sector want Congress to extend them the same tax credits wind and solar industries have, though it's unclear whether it will happen this year.

A witness from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced at a hearing yesterday that the agency will conduct meetings with French officials this month after France shut down the controversial auction of an Acoma tribal treasure.

A Democratic National Committee bus was caught dumping raw sewage into a storm drain in a suburb outside Atlanta.

The League of Conservation Voters said today that it will spend more than $3 million to flood North Carolina's airwaves with a new attack ad accusing Republican Sen. Richard Burr of supporting the oil and gas industry in an effort to boost his own stock investments.

Republican-aligned ClearPath Action Fund announced it will launch a mail campaign to shore up New York Rep. Elise Stefanik's re-election bid, following attacks on her environmental record from her Democratic challenger, retired Army Col. Mike Derrick.

Environmentalists today rolled out new attack ads in a pair of competitive House races that aim to defeat Republican contenders by tying the candidates to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on climate policy.

The Republican candidate in the competitive race to succeed retiring California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps, an environmental stalwart, launched a new ad this week attacking Capps' chosen successor as weak on offshore oil drilling.

If conservative Republicans in Congress renew their push to keep nutrition programs out of the next farm bill, they'll hit a roadblock in the White House no matter who's elected president in November.

Several good-government groups are asking Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to adopt a strict code of ethics for their transition teams.

Former Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D) faced repeated attacks last night over his post-Senate work and charges that he backed harmful programs to combat climate change.

Despite some contentious exchanges over campaign ads and health care, five front-runners in the crowded race to succeed retiring Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R) found harmony on one issue: calling for reform to federal law that guides disaster response.

In advance of tonight's final presidential debate, environmental advocates are trying numerous avenues to urge Fox News' Chris Wallace to ask candidates a question on climate policy.

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