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Opposition to the Trump White House's proposed U.S. EPA budget cuts is growing.

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is reportedly under consideration to be nominated for secretary of the Army.

Scientists and entrepreneurs made impassioned pleas this week for continued research funding at the Department of Energy, which they said is critical for helping their careers and starting new businesses.

Rick Perry today promised to be a "powerful advocate" for Energy Department workers while also trying to make light of his past flubs about dismantling the sprawling agency.

After a slow start in filling key energy and environmental jobs, the Trump administration in the past two weeks has hired senior White House energy officials and installed a trio of environmental agency leaders.

The Inhofe infantry continues to grow at U.S. EPA.

A federal appeals court today upheld the Fish and Wildlife Service's 2012 decision to remove gray wolves in Wyoming from the endangered species list.

In his first departmentwide address, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke hinted today at big changes ahead. "You might hear some rumors about reorganization," he said. "They're true."

China yesterday announced new cuts to coal and steel output as part of an ongoing effort to curb pollution.

The fate of a giant telescope slated for the top of a Hawaii mountain hangs in the balance after weeks of hearings concluded Thursday.

Iowa introduced a new effort to help monarch butterflies in an attempt to keep them off the endangered species list.

The Washington state House passed a bill that could allow Hanford nuclear complex workers easier access to worker compensation claims.

An enormous sewage spill has polluted miles of coast in Southern California and northern Mexico. Beaches were closed all along the coast, outraging locals.

BNSF Railway has agreed to clean up coal and petroleum coke spilled from open train cars and will look into covering the freight in an agreement filed in U.S. District Court with environmental groups.

About one-quarter of deaths of children under age 5 are due to polluted or unhealthy environments like dirty water and air, according to the World Health Organization.

Los Angeles regulators approved a plan last week to address chronically poor air quality for the basin's 17 million residents that includes last-minute moves to tighten rules for airports and end a pollution-trading program.

Last year's looming expiration of a federal tax credit for biodiesel didn't give the industry the boost it usually sees when threatened with the credit's end, and darker days may be on the horizon unless the tax incentive returns.

Iva Henderson, 59, and her husband, Rich, spent two nights at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter in protest of federal prosecution of two rural Oregon ranchers who set fire to public land.

A judge on Thursday dismissed one of the jurors in the trial against six men accused of conspiring with rancher Cliven Bundy after the juror repeatedly fell asleep during testimony.

The Pawnee Nation filed a lawsuit last week claiming that 27 oil and gas producers that injected wastewater into disposal wells caused a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in September 2016 in Oklahoma.

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