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The Heritage Foundation will soon have a new president.

President Trump slammed "trading abuse" and "unfair trading practices" yesterday, fueling speculation he is set to slap punitive tariffs on the solar industry and start a global trade war.

An industry push to revive a U.S. EPA coal ash recycling program is stoking alarm among environmental groups who say the agency never fully addressed concerns that led to its halt under the Obama administration.

U.S. EPA said yesterday it won't delay new regulations on pesticide worker standards but will consider tweaks after they take effect.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's top Democrat is calling on U.S. EPA's internal watchdog to expand its audit of Administrator Scott Pruitt's travel to also review the agency chief's trip to Morocco last week.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Congress will take up a key nuclear tax credit needed to help a struggling reactor project in Georgia, the chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission said in an email obtained by E&E News.

Uncertainly continues for the Export-Import Bank after the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee rejected the Trump administration's pick to lead the credit agency this morning.

The Trump administration's Interior Department is remarkably well-stocked with officials fluent in California's convoluted water politics, and that could make a difference in policy battles to come.

U.S. EPA swept Administrator Scott Pruitt's office for bugs.

The Trump administration scored last week when a House panel voted to give Gulf of Mexico states more power in managing the popular red snapper, but court records suggest it may be a tainted victory.

A Republican-run public affairs firm is backing out of its contract with U.S. EPA to track the agency's press coverage.

A posh British neighborhood has installed spikes on tree branches that extend over cars in an effort to prevent birds from pooping on the vehicles.

The French Parliament passed a law yesterday banning oil and gas production, including hydraulic fracturing, by 2040.

When sea turtles hatch, they instinctively travel toward bright, low horizons in their scramble from the beach to the ocean. But city lights can turn them in the wrong direction, leaving them more exposed to predators looking for dinner on the beach.

Conservationists and local officials in Idaho have realized their decadeslong goal of establishing the country's first International Dark Sky Reserve.

Minnesota regulators estimate that a mining company would have to shell out $1 billion to protect consumers from environmental risks for a proposed copper-nickel mine.

Wyoming environmental regulators want to start charging a fee for the release of public records if it takes too much time and effort to compile them, but they're having trouble getting the policy approved in the face of resistance.

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk posted his cellphone number to his 16.7 million Twitter followers yesterday before quickly deleting the tweet.

U.S. EPA and California regulators yesterday announced their approval of an emissions fix for thousands of Audi vehicles.

The deadly Amtrak derailment that left three people dead Monday highlights safety and management issues on the country's primary passenger rail line, the company's top official said yesterday evening.

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