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The American Petroleum Institute is rolling out a new media campaign, a major goal of which is to push for repeal of the nation's biofuel mandates. The campaign, which started…

A Bureau of Land Management retirees organization yesterday urged the Obama administration to nominate a career employee as the agency's next director, arguing that it takes years of experience to…

A senior House Democrat today echoed the president's warning that Republicans should not try to take advantage of this winter's looming finance emergency to gain the upper hand on tax…

Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) is again pushing a plan to overhaul the federal budgeting process by requiring agency and department managers to justify and approve every line item that they…

House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) today announced the GOP subcommittee members for the 113th Congress, which will include many new faces on the panels overseeing funding of energy, lands…

A House Republican proposal to strike added funding for regional ocean grants in the Superstorm Sandy aid package would reduce readiness for future storms, a major insurance group warned today.…

Although the "fiscal cliff" deal President Obama hammered out with lawmakers over the holidays delayed across-the-board spending cuts until March, mining states are already feeling the effects as they scramble…

Long described as an industry that's "five years away," manufacturers of U.S. cellulosic biofuels say they're ready at last to make big gains in 2013. At least five cellulosic facilities…

Onetime anti-genetically modified crops crusader Mark Lynas began his speech before a farming conference in England this month with a mea culpa. And since then, his words have reverberated throughout…

DAVIS, Calif. -- What causes autism? The question has spurred about a billion dollars' worth of genetics research that has found no clear answer. But University of California, Davis, epidemiologist…

The Supreme Court today wrestled with a Florida landowner's claim that he is owed compensation by a land-use agency after it declined to issue permits for a wetlands area he wanted to develop because he wouldn't agree to certain conditions. It is not clear how the court will rule, although the decision could rest on whether a majority of justices conclude that a taking, subject to compensation under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment, even occurred.

Will global financial constraints cause businesses to scale back their plans for sustainable investments? During today's OnPoint, Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, discusses the impact…

Mississippi's Department of Marine Resources Executive Director Bill Walker yesterday was fired by the agency's governing board. The agency's spending under Walker's tenure is under state and federal investigation. Walker…

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) is putting forth a plan to overhaul the state's oil tax structure. The governor said the proposal, expected to be announced today, is simpler and…

Hong Kong will offer $1.3 billion in subsidies to replace old diesel vehicles, the region's leader said today. The proposal is meant to cut particulate emissions by 80 percent and…

A last-minute decision by the pilot of the oil tanker that hit a bridge in the San Francisco area last week may have been part of the accident's cause, experts…

Toxic air emissions dropped by 8 percent from 2010 to 2011, though total emissions of hazardous chemicals rose for the second year in a row, U.S. EPA said today. The…

Two of the biggest automakers are continuing their push to develop electric cars despite lackluster appetite for the vehicles. General Motors Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are both pushing to…

After Ford Motor Co. faced criticism for the fuel economy of its newly released hybrid models, the auto giant said U.S. EPA may change its procedures for testing hybrid mileage.…

After Nissan's Leaf electric car failed to meet its sales goal for the past two years, the company decided to expand the use of the factory making its batteries to…

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