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The state of Wyoming petitioned a federal judge to block a request from environmental groups seeking to dismiss a lawsuit related to the state's management of the wolf population.

The Obama administration has an unprecedented opportunity in the next four years to expand renewable energy, according to a new report by the Wilderness Society that lays out recommendations for building a lasting policy framework to ensure President Obama's clean energy goals are met in an environmentally responsible way.

Two environmental groups yesterday filed a lawsuit in a federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management's decision to allow livestock grazing in a half-million-acre national monument in Arizona, claiming the decision was based on a "deeply flawed pseudoscientific analysis."

President Obama's budget proposal would make the highway account that pays for upgrades throughout the transportation system insolvent by fiscal 2021, according to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office.

Most utilities have not implemented voluntary cybersecurity measures recommended by an industry organization that oversees reliability, findings that two House Democrats said in a report released this morning reveal gaps in the government's voluntary approach to cybersecurity.

The House Natural Resources Committee's chairman and ranking member are asking the Interior Department to extend its comment period for a new proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing on public lands.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released a video today that aims to shore up support for his 2014 re-election bid among both Bluegrass State sportsmen and the GOP base by touting his work to curb fishing restrictions along the Cumberland River.

The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee is investigating the Obama administration's decision to demand states return a portion of their Secure Rural Schools funds to satisfy the federal sequester, a move he argued is likely illegal.

Senate Republicans again gave Brian Deese, President Obama's nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, a pass this morning.

An Alaskan senator is making another attempt to slow the introduction of genetically engineered salmon into the marketplace.

Bipartisan leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today weighed the question of how quickly applications should be approved for exporting the country's newfound glut of natural gas.

Americans are more aware of climate change than the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, according to a new poll released today by Yale and George Mason universities.

Southern Co. subsidiary Mississippi Power yesterday said it was replacing its CEO amid steep cost overruns at its signature carbon capture and sequestration project.

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to review a large climate change lawsuit brought by a Native Alaskan village against major energy producers.

More than two years ago, U.S. EPA's inspector general released a report on a seemingly mundane subject: the origin of submersible pumps and centrifugal blowers in an Illinois wastewater treatment plant. But what began as a run-of-the-mill audit became a years-long dispute over the "Buy American" provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

As California moves forward with a Jan. 1 linkage date to the Quebec carbon market, what hurdles still exist as they prepare for the first joint auction? During today's OnPoint, Yves-Fran

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority backed a conclusion yesterday by a panel of seismologists that a fault below a nuclear reactor in western Japan is active and could potentially trigger an earthquake.