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The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed a list of fisheries for 2014 based on expected risks to marine mammals.

A controversial mining project in Minnesota has the potential to destroy more than 900 acres of wetlands but also produce significant amounts of valuable metals like copper, nickel and platinum, according to newly released government documents.

Despite uninspired fundraising this cycle and drawing an aggressive challenge from the right, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran announced today that he will seek re-election, setting up a competitive GOP primary with state Sen. Chris McDaniel.

U.S. EPA has been fairly tight-lipped about how it plans to structure its proposal for existing power plant carbon dioxide emissions, but states and stakeholders from the private sector continue to offer their own suggestions.

The head of the U.S. natural gas industry's largest trade group will meet with U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy today on the eve of her trip to China, and discussion is likely to turn to shale development and climate issues.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced the latest and largest slate of proposed projects to be funded by BP PLC to restore environmental damage and lost public use from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), keeping himself in the upper echelon of possible aspirants for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, today proposed an economic revitalization package for Detroit that would suspend U.S. EPA pollution regulations there.

If Jeff Bezos has his way, U.S. skies will be filled with thousands of small, unmanned drones ferrying packages from warehouses to customers' homes in a half-hour or less.

The Interior Department announced today that it has finalized a new rule that will allow renewable energy and other projects to obtain permits to injure, kill or disturb bald and golden eagles for up to 30 years, a move that pleases the wind power industry but alarms environmentalists.

How dependent is renewable power capacity on policy? During today's OnPoint, Christi Tezak, managing director of research at ClearView Energy Partners, discusses the changing dynamics of the renewable energy tax policy debate and the impact master limited partnerships could have on clean energy projects. She also explains how U.S. EPA's New Source Performance Standards for power plants could affect state renewable portfolio standards. Today's OnPoint will air at 10 a.m. EST.

Six people who are receiving tests for possible radiation exposure at a Mexican hospital are suspects in last week's theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60, according to government officials.

Peabody Energy Corp. said today it will close a coal mine in Australia by the end of the month, cutting about 200 employee and contractor jobs.

Three studies published last week in the journal Science blame slippery clay for the severity of Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Rodney Bloom, who helped lead overseas growth for Nalco Chemical Co., died of prostate cancer last month. He was 80.

A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry confirmed a long-rumored link between chemical contaminants in tap water and birth defects at the Marine Corps' base at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Southern California air regulators approved a $600,000 contract Friday for contractors to design and install gas fire rings on the area's public beaches.

Rail and oil pipeline transport in North America increased this year, but both modes still trail truck transportation, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.