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U.S. EPA is forging ahead with a recent decision to strike part of an Obama-era regional haze reduction plan that would have required five coal-fired power plants in Arkansas to install new controls to curb emissions of nitrogen oxides.

A Brightline high-speed train hit a pedestrian in South Florida yesterday. The unidentified victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It's shaping up to be a difficult year for U.S. farmers.

U.S. EPA is leaving Las Vegas. Or at least its research staff is exiting Sin City.

Maryland's largest gas and electric utility wants to use drones to inspect more than 40,000 power lines and poles.

Wyoming officials have cited Rocky Mountain Power for a safety violation related to a miner's death last year.

A contractor in Alaska's biggest oil field plans to lay off 261 employees.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government saw President Trump's election as welcome news for the Canadian energy sector, according to documents obtained by the London Guardian.

When President Trump said last month that Earth is "too cold," Keith Seitter couldn't help but offer the president his tutoring services.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) yesterday sued DuPont Co. for alleged release of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) into the Ohio River for decades, despite known risks.

U.S. EPA today renewed its request that federal judges keep the massive litigation over the Clean Power Plan on hold.

Some key opponents of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule are turning to a Texas federal court in their quest to obtain a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the rule.

Despite decades of efforts to clean up the diamond industry, brands like Boodles, Rolex, Cartier and Bulgari are not ensuring that their metals and jewels are ethically mined, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

The Forest Service yesterday approved controversial mineral exploration next to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Environmental groups and West Virginia's Division of Natural Resources are locked in a battle over logging in state parks.

John Ruhs, the director of the Bureau of Land Management's Nevada state office, whose tenure has been highlighted by helping ease tensions between the agency and ranchers after the Cliven Bundy standoff nearly four years ago, has been reassigned to an interagency fire center.

Puerto Rican officials secured a rare win this week when Senate leaders included funding for disaster relief in its two-year deal to avoid a government shutdown.

Ray Baum, staff director of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, died today after a battle with cancer. He was 62.

Minnesota Rep. Rick Nolan announced Friday that he will not seek re-election this November, vacating a swing seat that has shifted red in recent elections.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said yesterday that he was "so sad" about the environmental policy shift that has occurred at U.S. EPA under the Trump administration.

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