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The Bureau of Land Management has formally committed to develop an oil and natural gas leasing plan in southwest Colorado that would balance conservation and drilling activity near Mesa Verde National Park, a move that drew cheers from conservation groups.

When two women went for a stroll in the woods of Chappaqua, N.Y., a few days ago, they discussed the possibility of running into Hillary Clinton.

Last month, a task force assigned to plan a vast canyon off Virginia's coast in the Atlantic Ocean as the next national marine sanctuary quietly put its work on hold.

New York Rep. Paul Tonko, a top House Democratic voice on energy and technology issues, is getting a new spokesman.

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is pushing the Interior Department to explain how American Indian tribes would be involved in managing a potential Bears Ears National Monument.

California Sen.-elect Kamala Harris (D) will get a seat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in the new Congress, ensuring the state will retain some clout on the panel even with the retirement of its former chairwoman, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

President-elect Donald Trump is making an infrastructure "task force" in order to push through a massive federal spending program after he takes office, according to sources briefed on the plans.

The Department of Energy is looking to emphasize how much has changed in the last eight years, at the same time as experts worry about the future of the agency.

Advocates for nuclear and solar power who have met with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are now asking for industry support, including major policy shifts from the Obama administration.

When he finds himself in a hot spot, the spokesman for the U.S. nuclear industry turns on the Brooklynese.

Misbehavior by U.S. EPA employees is at a high level, according to the agency's internal watchdog.

President-elect Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. have helped launch a nonprofit group that is selling access to their father as well as hunting trips with themselves as part of an inauguration fundraising party.

President Obama is expected to ban future drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, using an obscure provision in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. No previous president has tried to permanently protect such a large swath of ocean.

Japan is doing away with an experimental reactor that cost $9 billion but functioned for just 250 days of its 22 years.

The number of female hunters in Alaska is booming, with roughly 1 in 5 hunting licenses doled out to women.

Ken McQueen has been appointed New Mexico's secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.

Montana's state park administrator has left the department suddenly.

European pesticide giant Syngenta AG claims that a 2011 study shows farmers using its product paraquat are less likely to succumb to Parkinson's disease than the general population.

Arsenic, an element found in groundwater across Iowa, has a maximum contaminant level goal of zero parts per billion due to its link to certain types of cancer and cardiovascular and neurological issues.

U.S. EPA restricted 72 inert pesticide ingredients yesterday in a final response to a 2006 petition from environmental groups, though it failed to mandate comprehensive labeling as the initial petition requested.

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