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A coalition of public health advocates and conservationists Friday sued U.S. EPA for extending an air permit for construction of a proposed California natural gas power plant.

Public health advocates and a dozen states on Friday asked an appeals court to rehear their challenge to U.S. EPA's ozone air standard, which they characterize as being too weak to protect public health.

The birth of a giraffe in the South Korean Samsung Everland safari park marks a world record, according to park operators.

The death of a baby killer whale has provided researchers with the opportunity to extensively study the creature.

A 3-year-old Idaho girl shot and killed herself with a handgun in Yellowstone National Park, the first shooting death in the park in 35 years.

SANTA FE, N.M. -- President Obama on Friday reappointed a geographer and a forester to a controversial board that oversees the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico -- but the White House has yet to fill two other long-vacant positions.

A foundation that gives cash prizes for technological innovation launched a $2 million competition aimed today at tackling a major threat to ocean health, acidification.

The ongoing die-off of hundreds of bottlenose dolphins along the East Coast is shining a spotlight on a sprawling but often invisible network of first responders who race to beaches to help sick or injured marine mammals -- or collect important scientific data if the animal's dead.

Industry groups last week petitioned the White House to scrap its estimate for the social cost of carbon and revise it through a "transparent, public process."

With House Republican leaders teeing up a major -- and likely pricey -- water policy bill for the fall, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today unveiled a campaign aimed at winning over inexperienced or reluctant lawmakers.

Eighty percent of congressional staffers are satisfied with their jobs, but most of those in Washington, D.C., also plan to look for new work within the next year, according to a new survey.

Amid a busy fall agenda likely to be dominated by the debate over military intervention in Syria and another looming budget showdown, the House plans to keep a spotlight on energy and environmental policies with votes on bills to block federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing and authorize more logging in national forestlands.

A large wind energy developer has committed to use the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project if built, a rare bit of good news for a project that has been dogged by criticism from congressional leaders, Defense Department officials and environmentalists who have questioned claims that the line will support renewables development.

The Army Corps of Engineers, in a change of plans, is preparing environmental impact statements for two proposed coal export terminals in Washington state on a separate track from that of state and local regulators.

A House Republican accused the National Park Service of violating its scientific integrity policy last week with comments on the Bureau of Land Management's hydraulic fracturing rule by failing to adequately draw the line between fact and opinion.

The former U.S. EPA official accused of defrauding the agency of almost $900,000 was hospitalized last week, delaying his arraignment hearing. John Beale, 64, had been expected to plead guilty today to theft of government property. But the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia delayed his hearing until Sept. 27.

How is the unconventional oil and gas revolution impacting the U.S. chemical industry and its ability to compete internationally? During today's OnPoint, Cal Dooley, president of the American Chemistry Council, discusses a new report that highlights the economic benefits of expanded shale gas production. He also explains how the boom in shale development shifts the focus of the liquefied natural gas exports debate.

The operator of Japan's beleaguered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has tapped a former U.S. nuclear regulatory official to help oversee its cleanup effort.

A conservation group purchased more than 1,000 acres of Northern California's Cosumnes River canyon land from a Sacramento developer, preserving the rural property from development.

A Minnesota court ruled yesterday that the state does not need to conduct environmental reviews before selling minerals leases, paving the way for the sale of 31 leases on hold since last year.

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