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House Democrats will delay their leadership elections until the end of the month in response to concerns voiced by numerous lawmakers during a lengthy closed-door meeting this morning.

Lawmakers today urged President Obama to take action to de-escalate tensions and protests related to the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Opening the gates to U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas will give President-elect Donald Trump leverage in his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other international leaders, congressional Republicans said today.

Don't call it ocean conservation. Think of it more as an economic driver.

Energy and environmental agencies are gearing up for a massive power shift between the Obama and Trump administrations.

With just two months left until President-elect Donald Trump wields executive power, environmentalists are urging the Obama administration to cement protections for public lands and waters.

Journalists and advocates are fearful that the incoming Trump administration will clamp down on the public's access to environmental information.

As the Trump transition team plans to overhaul the government, they're considering axing White House policy "czar" positions.

The Interior Department finalized a rule today designed to slash the volume of natural gas that's vented and flared each year into the atmosphere from roughly 100,000 wells on federal and tribal lands.

A third of the water in China's biggest coal-producing province, Shanxi, cannot be consumed by humans due to pollution, according to a local environmental group.

Officials in Tehran closed schools and took emergency measures yesterday in the face of deadly smog that has been blanketing the city for weeks.

An environmental nonprofit released a report today praising Wal-Mart while condemning Amazon.com for their respective chemical safety efforts.

By 2070, the water consumption of cities and suburbs in Florida could double, according to a study released yesterday.

Today marks a key juncture in the implementation of U.S. EPA's coal ash disposal regulations, with utilities and other power producers required to publicly release closure plans, safety assessments and other documents intended to give a fuller picture of the risks posed by the enormous volumes of waste piled up in landfills and ponds.

A former Volkswagen executive is taking the helm of electric vehicle charging company EVgo.

Electric cars that run on batteries are a better investment for communities than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, according to a study by researchers from Stanford University and the Technical University of Munich.

Microsoft Corp. entered an agreement with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence research organization, OpenAI, to let the group use its Azure cloud system for large-scale experiments.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) will not abandon his longstanding opposition to the creation of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain if President-elect Donald Trump pushes Congress to renew efforts to pass legislation.

Republican legislators in Ohio may move forward with a plan to suspend a renewable energy mandate in the state, despite a veto threat from Gov. John Kasich (R).

The makeshift campsites in Cannon Ball, N.D., established to house protesters of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are often abuzz with volunteer cooks throwing together meals for tribal members and their allies.

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