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Corey Stewart and Kid Rock both supported President Trump in 2016. Both defend — and display — the Confederate flag with glee. And both may run for Senate next year.

House Energy and Commerce Committee members on both sides of the aisle have come to a compromise on drinking water infrastructure, advancing a bill in the Environment Subcommittee today.

The bipartisan House caucus dedicated to studying market-friendly approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation has two new members.

The White House today unveiled a "MAGAnomics" strategy aimed at growing the nation's economy by 3 percent over the next decade, a resurgence the administration hopes will occur on the backs of new energy projects, less red tape and cuts at key agencies.

These are "odd" days for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's acting chairwoman, Cheryl LaFleur.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced today that a pair of national monuments in Idaho and Washington are no longer included in his review of the boundaries of dozens of monuments nationwide, and that he will not recommend any changes to those two sites.

President Trump's pick to lead U.S. EPA's enforcement office is promising to avoid politics and enforce the law if confirmed to the job.

A local union representing U.S. EPA employees is asking the public to submit video "love letters" for the agency.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two of President Trump's judicial nominees this morning despite concerns by Democrats over a series of what they called "offensive" blog posts.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday praised the lead attorney in the government's prosecution of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy but also said he would not be "taking sides" in the trials related to the 2014 armed standoff between ranchers and federal agents near Bunkerville, Nev.

The Sri Lankan navy undertook a 12-hour operation Tuesday to save an elephant stranded in the water nearly 10 miles from the coast.

A truck hauling eels through Oregon overturned yesterday, causing a coastal highway to turn into a slimy mess.

Tennessee yesterday became the fourth state to take action against dicamba, a weed killer and flagship pesticide for Monsanto Co.

A pipeline in Bastrop County, Texas, ruptured yesterday, spilling about 50,000 gallons of crude oil and prompting a local evacuation, according to county officials.

The Department of Agriculture hasn't settled key questions about how it will implement a new requirement that genetically modified foods carry a disclosure — and it's asking interested groups for help.

The solar eclipse set to darken skies across the country next month could shut down enough solar installations to power 7 million homes, according to Bloomberg grid forecasts.

Problems are mounting for the Rover pipeline project in Ohio as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday accused the developer of violating the Natural Gas Act and regulations by making false promises in its initial application.

The warming influence from greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rose more quickly last year than in nearly 30 years, according to NOAA.

The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday ruled against a state resident who sought to keep surveyors from the company developing the Atlantic Coast pipeline off her property.

Environmental group Oceana filed a lawsuit this week seeking to force U.S. fisheries managers to implement plans for restricting the number of whales and turtles that can be accidentally snared in drift gill nets off California's coast.

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