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Major California water projects and well-connected farmers could be among the big winners if Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) prevails in an anticipated bid to succeed the retiring Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as House speaker.

Lawmakers today weighed an unlikely marriage between Big Corn and Big Auto.

Hard-line Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a polarizing figure who pushed for an Obama-era investigation of Energy Department lending, is considering making a bid to lead his party next year with the retirement of Speaker Paul Ryan.

The head of EPA's largest employee union figures his boss, Administrator Scott Pruitt, has about six more months — max — at the agency's helm.

Exorbitant costs will prevent construction of new U.S. nuclear plants, a top official of the nation's largest reactor operator said yesterday.

The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to establish a new leasing zone for solar power development in southern Nevada, the latest move by the Trump administration to promote renewable energy.

A top EPA career official who raised objections to Administrator Scott Pruitt's spending and travel demands has been moved outside the agency.

The United Kingdom has earmarked £61.4 million ($87.9 million) of public money for fighting plastic waste in the ocean.

Daphne Sheldrick, a prominent elephant conservationist from Kenya, died last week at the age of 83.

A freight train hit a herd of elephants in eastern India today, killing three adults and a calf.

Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan was buzzing Friday with urban beekeepers.

California wine country was scorched with wildfires last fall, then deluged with rain this spring.

A controversial bill to modify Kentucky's rooftop solar incentives died in the state Legislature on Saturday with the end of this year's legislative session.

A board in Hawaii has again delayed a decision on building a $1.4 billion telescope on Mauna Kea, and it's possible the project could move to Spain instead.

When it rains, it pours — and floods — at EPA.

A Wisconsin panel will soon decide whether one company can withdraw millions of gallons per day from Lake Michigan.

Two decades of research shows that a lack of infrastructure upgrades in Baltimore's Gwynns Falls watershed has led to frequent sewage leaks, while environmental improvements have helped clean and reduce stormwater runoff.

Energy Transfer Partners LP cut down three trees at daybreak yesterday to end a lengthy protest and clear the way for construction of its Mariner East 2 pipeline.

The global solar PV market is set to grow 6 percent this year, despite tariffs enacted by President Trump.

Six men are accused of trapping and smuggling over 400 protected birds in the past four years, according to an investigation by the Miami U.S. attorney's office.

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