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House lawmakers this morning advanced legislation that would expedite the federal permitting process applicants must comply with to protect marine mammals from harm during offshore oil and gas exploration.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue said today the business behemoth will prioritize working with the Trump administration and the GOP-controlled Congress on regulatory reform this year.

A group of bipartisan attorneys general wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday asking the agency to ensure utility companies pass their savings from the recently passed tax law to their customers.

U.S. EPA appears to no longer be releasing preliminary assessments of potentially hazardous new chemicals or new uses of existing chemicals, according to documents reviewed by E&E News.

In March, Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray sent Vice President Mike Pence a 16-point action plan to help President Trump make good on his promise to put coal miners back to work.

The director of the U.S. EPA office that coordinates the work of two key advisory panels buffeted by recent changes in membership policy will retire next month after almost 40 years with the agency.

In the wake of his release from federal detention this week, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy indicated he has no intention of calming his antagonistic relationship with federal land managers, reasserting his belief that the government cannot own land in Nevada or other states.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's vision for reorganizing the Interior Department includes dividing management of millions of federal acres into 13 multistate regions along boundaries of watersheds and basins, according to maps obtained by E&E News.

Heavy snow and rain yesterday stranded about 13,000 tourists in the shadow of the Matterhorn, Switzerland's most iconic mountain.

British Prime Minister Theresa May today unveiled a new environmental "plan of action" that aims to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042.

Eight earthquakes struck along the border between Iran and Iraq today, likely aftershocks of a quake that killed more than 500 people in the region in November.

The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a case that could invalidate bans on single-use bags across the Lone Star State.

The director of the California Department of Water Resources was ousted yesterday following an investigation that found lax oversight contributed to the Oroville Dam crisis last year.

Rivers in the United Kingdom that contain even moderate levels of pollution can kill roughly 80 percent of all mayfly eggs, a new study found.

A group of pickup truck owners filed a federal lawsuit against Ford Motor Co., alleging the automaker cheated on emissions tests for the F-250 and F-350 Super Duty trucks.

President Trump's upcoming infrastructure plan will account for the rise of driverless vehicles and other emerging technologies, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said yesterday.

Four months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria pummeled the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said the power has been switched back on for 92 percent of customers.