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Former Vice President Al Gore praised Ivanka Trump's commitment to sensible climate policy last night, saying it was "certainly evident" during a brief conversation with the future first daughter at Trump Tower yesterday.

President-elect Donald Trump has outpaced past presidents in picking Cabinet officials dating back to at least the Nixon administration, the transition team announced today.

Federal judges today faulted regulators for failing to adequately explain their decision to set a new tariff rate for Northeastern utilities to charge for services that use their transmission assets.

President-elect Donald Trump is apparently beefing up his transition effort with advocates for federal review of the stalled Yucca Mountain, Nev., nuclear repository — perhaps signaling a future push to revive the project next year.

Selfies with tourists, the street performer Naked Cowboy playing guitar, and government officials publicly auditioning for Cabinet posts are all part of a regular day in the Trump transition.

As CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., Rex Tillerson has been a major player on the world energy stage. Tillerson is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump today and is said to be among the contenders to be his secretary of State. Despite having no government experience, the chief executive along with his oil and gas giant have looked to have their say in U.S. foreign relations, according to an E&E News review of lobbying disclosure records.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Indonesia today, killing at least 97 people and injuring dozens of others as rescue workers searched for survivors.

South Korea plans to file criminal suits against five current and former executives in Volkswagen's South Korean office and fine the company a record 37.3 billion won ($31.87 million) for false advertising of car emissions.

A British research station in Antarctica must be moved due to a widening crack in the ice.

Donald Trump has withdrawn his plan to build a giant sea wall at his Irish golf course after opposition from environmentalists, who said the development threatened a rare snail species.

California's environmental arm announced yesterday that computer giant Apple Inc. will pay $450,000 to settle claims it mismanaged toxic electronic waste at Silicon Valley facilities.

U.S. EPA proposed today banning certain uses of the carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE), a degreaser found at hundreds of toxic waste sites across the country.

A federal-state task force in charge of reducing an annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico said that modeling shows the size of the 2016 low-oxygen area to be nowhere near long-term goals.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appointed eight utility executives, regulators and others yesterday to open seats on two pipeline safety advisory panels.

The Army Corps of Engineers doesn't know exactly how many projects state and local governments have undertaken in hopes of federal reimbursement, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday

The Energy Department and the Navy announced yesterday the construction of a $1.65 billion facility in Idaho that will store waste from the country's nuclear warship fleet.