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The unexpected strong showing by Republicans in yesterday's historic elections will reverberate through the lame-duck session of Congress that starts next week, as a newly empowered Grand Old Party enters legislative negotiations knowing it will fully control the levers of power in Washington, D.C., in just over two months.

Oil bounced back from initial losses after global markets reacted to Republican Donald Trump's surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election last night.

Wayne Christian, a former state representative, won the Texas railroad commissioner election yesterday.

Yesterday's big wins for Republicans put environmental groups and bioenergy advocates on the defensive as they sized up the potential impact on agriculture policies.

Federal worker unions, especially those representing U.S. EPA employees, will face off with what could be their greatest threat yet: the administration of Donald Trump.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) seized on a lead of just 700 votes this morning to declare victory in her challenge to Sen. Kelly Ayotte, but the Republican's campaign refused to concede the race before state officials certify the vote count.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton urged her supporters today to accept the results of the "painful" election, even as she called on them to continue fighting for core values, including environmental protection.

Donald Trump's victory is being cast by his top advisers as a "welcome reset" of energy policies that have dogged fossil fuel production and infrastructure.

Just hours after Donald Trump claimed an upset victory in this year's presidential race, business groups and environmentalists had only begun to sift through the ramifications for air quality regulations.

U.S. EPA General Counsel Avi Garbow offered thoughts today on how his office could move forward as the agency readies for the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Most green groups say they are bracing for President-elect Donald Trump's administration to scale back conservation measures while dramatically ramping up mining, logging, and oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

The Obama administration's carbon rules for power plants are in dire straits after last night's election of Republican businessman Donald Trump as president.

Fresh off last night's upset victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, the Trump campaign is shifting into full-fledged transition mode with an all-hands meeting this afternoon at the team's transition headquarters in Washington. "When he has been on the campaign trail, ... he's been talking about the need to 'drain the swamp,'" a source close to the campaign said. If the Trump team interviews candidates who say, "I'm not sure if we can actually do that," the source said, "I think there's a strong likelihood that they might look at the person and say, 'Next, please.'"

In a move that has environmentalists worried, conservative lawmakers in Brazil may reduce environmental regulations to promote energy development, mining and agriculture.

Chinese judges sentenced 49 people to prison this week in the warehouse explosions that killed at least 165 people in Tianjin last year.

Vietnam has abandoned its long-delayed plans to build its first nuclear power plant, due to slowing energy demand and cheap oil and coal.

The director of Iowa's Transportation Department resigned yesterday, according to a spokeswoman.

Montana's Land Board passed into Republican control for the first time in decades on Election Day, potentially shifting how the 5 million acres of public lands in the state are used and maintained.

The Michigan Legislature may restructure the state's energy policy during its lame-duck session.

U.S. EPA has approved the use of a new herbicide mix on chemical-resistant cotton and soybeans, setting off objections from an anti-pesticide group that says it could endanger wildlife.

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