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West Virginia Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is putting pressure on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to back President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. EPA, in what could become an early skirmish in the 2018 battle for Manchin's Senate seat.

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), who was just elected to a third term representing New Mexico's 1st District, announced yesterday that she will run for governor in 2018.

CORONADO, Calif. — As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, Western governors yesterday asserted their right to run their states mostly as they see fit.

President Obama yesterday thanked federal workers for their government service.

CORONADO, Calif. — Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday urged President Obama to permanently ban new offshore drilling along the California coast, a bid to head off President-elect Donald Trump from allowing more exploration.

The Sierra Club today unveiled an ad campaign aimed at denying Oklahoma Republican Attorney General Scott Pruitt confirmation as the next U.S. EPA administrator.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick are joining a policy team to advise President-elect Donald Trump on his economic agenda.

Listen closely to the rabble surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's latest rumored nominee to lead the Interior Department, and in between the mix of criticism and praise for Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke (R), you might hear it: a sigh of relief from Senate Democrats.

It might be time to sell, Mr. Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Rick Perry to lead his Department of Energy raises questions about whether the former Texas governor is on a mission to send DOE to the scrap yard.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team appears to be disavowing a controversial questionnaire to Department of Energy employees, CNN is reporting.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) sees himself as "a Teddy Roosevelt guy," a supporter of public lands who makes his own decisions, whether they follow the party line or not.

Late last week, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) was widely reported as a shoo-in to be President-elect Donald Trump's Interior secretary. But things can change quickly in the Trump transition.

China's environmental watchdogs will sever their connections with local governments to avoid conflicts of interest, the state news agency reported today.

Officials in Beijing have identified smog as a natural disaster on par with sandstorms and summer floods.

Officials in Azerbaijan report one worker has died and nine more are missing after strong winds broke part of their offshore oil installation.

Montana State Parks will up its staffing next year at premier sites by transferring employee hours from other parks.

Charlie Melancon has resigned his position as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, a source told The Times-Picayune.

The bald eagle continues its comeback, leaving yet another state's endangered species list.

The Canadian government announced today that it will ban asbestos use by 2018, in a move that is expected to reduce the incidence of illnesses linked to the substance.

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