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The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management is proposing to boost the royalty rate for coal companies using the highwall method of mining on public land, according to documents set to be published in Monday's Federal Register.

Death Valley National Park this week announced a sweeping plan to limit human impacts in wilderness areas while improving amenities in the backcountry, a balancing act that was praised by one conservation group as an "unprecedented, forward-thinking approach."

Even as the Obama administration tries to tackle climate change, much of the federal government continues to receive power from a plant that is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in Washington, D.C.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the front-runner in the Democratic primary to fill New Jersey's vacant Senate seat, yesterday said that a carbon tax should be "on the table" and that the government should be more "proactive" on climate change.

Former members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday hit back at an editorial in The Wall Street Journal calling President Obama's pick to lead the agency a radical who will attempt to circumvent Congress to impose an anti-carbon and pro-renewables regime.

IRVING, Texas -- Federal Highway Administration chief Victor Mendez told industry leaders today that Congress must take a more active role in transportation in order to meet the funding demands for infrastructure projects across the country.

Climate change is fueling disastrous wildfires, damaging property and putting firefighters' lives in danger, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said yesterday.

An Alaskan senator's bill to promote hunting and fishing opportunities on federal lands has picked up the support of some of her high-ranking Republican colleagues, though Democrats remain on the sidelines.

As California Gov. Jerry Brown's massive tunnel plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta moves forward, lawmakers are cautioning that he may have a hard time finding financing.

A controversial professor terminated last year by the University of California, Los Angeles, has suddenly found himself in the middle of a congressional row over subpoenas issued last week to U.S. EPA for confidential health studies used to develop many of the agency's air quality regulations.

President Obama's new regulatory czar has begun promoting the importance of a regulatory look-back, sparking concern among progressives that he will continue in his predecessor's footsteps.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Inventing a new camera system, marine biologist Edie Widder gave the world its first-ever footage of the long-sought giant squid. One of the world's leading experts in bioluminescence, or light emitted by animals, Widder holds numerous patents, received a MacArthur "genius grant" and is a Google Ocean adviser. Now she’s tackling her biggest challenge yet -- water pollution.

A former Interior secretary during the Reagan administration has died at 81 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, his family said.

The Chinese government yesterday announced its decision to speed up investment in technology that would save energy and tackle the harmful pollution an angered public blames for a series of health crises.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were exposed to radiation, according to the plant's operator.

New York lawmakers want to eliminate paper waste at the state Capitol by printing legislative bills online.

As arid conditions continue throughout the southwestern United States, some cities are calling on locals to get rid of their water-hungry lawns.

After fighting New York City for 22 years, the families of children who developed leukemia after living near a toxic landfill in the Bronx are slated to receive a $12 million settlement.

A federal program meant to warn the public about hazardous chemicals lacks oversight in several states.

Hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered vehicles may be on the horizon after an Energy Department laboratory and automakers have spent two decades working out the kinks in the technology.

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