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President Trump yesterday tweeted his support for Mitt Romney's Senate bid, kicking off a new chapter in what has been a rocky political relationship.

After a decade in Congress, Florida Republican Rep. Tom Rooney announced yesterday he is not running for re-election, the latest in a string of GOP departures.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week introduced legislation that would allow U.S. EPA to implement a deal meant to phase out certain greenhouse gases.

Cabinet members versed in energy and the environment will appear this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md.

Conservative groups affiliated with the Koch brothers' political network are ramping up opposition to raising the federal gasoline tax, an idea floated recently by President Trump and a handful of congressional Republicans.

A group of 233 mayors from 46 states and territories are condemning U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's attempts to roll back the Clean Power Plan, former President Obama's signature climate rule.

Wherever Abigail Ross Hopper goes, her laptop and cellphone go, too.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has cleared U.S. EPA's proposal to scrap pollution-reduction guidelines for existing oil and gas operations, setting the stage for the rollback of another piece of the Obama administration's environmental agenda.

House Energy and Commerce Democrats are questioning how U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is better protected by flying first class.

More than six months after posters went up at the Energy Department warning "every leak makes us weak," federal officials have removed them and published new guidance for protecting whistleblowers.

Due to a last-minute amendment, a bill in the Tennessee Legislature would allow many livestock farms to operate without state water quality permits.

The oldest polar bear in captivity in the country died yesterday at the Philadelphia Zoo.

A new study has found that city and county approval processes and not the California Environmental Quality Act are to blame for the state's housing problems.

Federal inspectors have found persistent defects in New Jersey Transit cars, including faulty brakes and electrical hazards, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg through a public records request.

A single bloody red shrimp has been captured at a harbor on Lake Superior, sparking concerns that the invasive species could be establishing itself in the ecosystem.

A dry winter in California is bringing back memories of the state's worst recent drought, which ended just last year.

A U.S. Park Police officer is in stable condition after getting shot this morning in Washington while serving a search warrant, according to officials.