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Fishermen and environmental groups are squaring off over the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to stop maintaining a "no otter zone" in Southern California waters.

An environmental group is planning to sue the Fish and Wildlife Service over its approval of permits to kill species listed under the Endangered Species Act, saying there should be more opportunity for public notice and comments.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro has introduced a bill that would ban potentially toxic flame retardants from strollers, baby carriers and other products for infants.

Congress may be headed out of town for August recess, but Florida lawmakers plan to use some of that time to call attention to the impacts of dwindling water flows on the state's once oyster-rich Apalachicola Bay.

A bipartisan House bill would require federal agencies to report payments they make to outside attorneys under a 1980 law.

Several House Democrats yesterday introduced legislation outlining ideas for energy tax reform, including ending tax incentives for oil companies and providing breaks for certain clean energy technologies.

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) yesterday reintroduced a bill to block most federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing in favor of state rules.

West Virginia Democrats yesterday argued that the Obama administration should abandon its plan to impose new emissions limits on coal-fired power plants after meeting with U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at the White House.

As Capitol Hill Republicans prepare to make the case to their constituents over the August recess that President Obama's Climate Action Plan will ruin the U.S. economy, four former U.S. EPA administrators from their party wrote in an editorial today that the plan would "ensure a strong economy along with a livable climate."

The Fish and Wildlife Service last year found two supervisors guilty of scientific misconduct in the creation of a range map for an endangered insect and in data collection for a potential contaminant in a river.

The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to conduct a detailed study of the potential environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing and other oil and natural gas drilling activities in central California as the industry begins to tap the massive Monterey Shale formation.

Nuclear skeptics are celebrating a rash of reactor closures and scuttled projects along with an increase in the construction of gas-fired generation, but those in the industry reject the notion that the fleet is shrinking and say nuclear will be key to fighting climate change.

House Republicans passed their signature regulatory overhaul bill this morning, just hours before heading home for a five-week district work period during which the party is sure to make government overreach a top point of discussion with constituents.

The House's version of a major water policy bill is slated to be marked up when Congress returns from recess in September, Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) announced this afternoon.

The damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's radioactive groundwater has swelled to levels above its container, ramping up fears that more contaminated water could seep into the sea, according to local media.

Costa Rican authorities last week arrested eight suspects in connection with the slaying of an environmental worker following a series of raids along the country's Caribbean coast.

Following allegations by environmental groups, Chinese regulators are cracking down on two suppliers to Apple Inc. and other technology companies accused of pumping large amounts of toxic metals into nearby rivers.

Amid fears that the chemical known as bisphenol-A, or BPA, may pose a health risk, scientists and companies have been searching for a substitute. Now a University of Massachusetts, Lowell, chemist may have found one.

A freight train derailed in southern Louisiana yesterday, leaking a small amount of industrial chemicals.

Electric car sales are off to a slow start in the United States, but the hybrid market is surging as consumers become increasingly comfortable with the idea of driving gasoline-and-battery-powered vehicles.

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