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Environmental and anti-subsidy groups are calling on Congress not to extend a subsidy for a Mississippi power plant that would capture carbon dioxide.

The U.S. delegation to U.N. climate change negotiations in Morocco will accept a petition today calling for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded from the convention.

The transformation required for a reasonable chance of limiting the global rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius is "stark," the International Energy Agency said today.

The Department of Defense is teaming up with the Nature Conservancy to combat the impacts of climate change on Naval Base Ventura County in California.

Over 300 protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline project took place yesterday with dozens of arrests, including about 39 people accused of disorderly conduct in New York City.

The government has requested to split the trials for those charged in the April 2014 armed standoff at the Bundy family ranch in Nevada into three separate proceedings.

Britain's Prince William focused on the fight against wildlife trafficking in his first visit to Vietnam.

A massive fish die-off in a Long Island canal has prompted a large investigation by local environmental officials.

Seabird droppings in the Arctic may be mitigating some of the effects of climate change, suggests a new study.

Oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill has made it into the food chain of land animals, according to researchers in Louisiana.

The Obama administration today canceled 15 oil and gas leases on Montana land considered sacred by the Blackfeet Nation.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is contemplating a U.S. Senate bid in 2018.

Outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) filed a bill yesterday that would abolish the Electoral College.

The House Natural Resources Committee approved two significant water settlement bills this morning.

Senate Democrats today elected Chuck Schumer of New York as minority leader for the 115th Congress, while adding new members to the leadership team that reflect a broader cross-section of the party's wings.

A battle over corn ethanol is heating up as Donald Trump prepares to take charge of the nation's energy policies.

As President-elect Donald Trump looks to boost efficiency across the federal government, Republican lawmakers say he could slim down America's climate diplomacy.

The name of a controversial figure in the tortured history of the Obama administration's stream protection rule is surfacing in discussions about President-elect Donald Trump's choice for top coal mining regulator.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Secretary of State John Kerry comforted climate advocates here today while warning President-elect Donald Trump that the world would indict him if he leaves the Paris Agreement.

Leon Billings, a longtime congressional staffer who was instrumental in the passage of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, died yesterday. He was 78.

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