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In a federal appeals court filing yesterday, U.S. EPA said it wants to review whether to list coal mines as a pollution source under the Clean Air Act but doesn't have time.

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) late yesterday called the Obama administration's decision to block construction of an emergency road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge the "largest pile of horse manure ever delivered on Christmas."

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog said the agency adhered to proper procedures in its investigation into whether Range Resources Corp. contaminated groundwater in a community west of Fort Worth, Texas, and acted within its discretion when it dropped the case in 2012.

China's government is pushing cities to charge for water based on how much of it is used, a key step to conserving the essential resource.

Chilean lawmakers are considering a bill that would force mining companies to use desalinated water to run their copper mines.

A $9 billion solar project in Morocco is struggling to attract international lenders because of a long-standing geopolitical dispute.

Environmental and human rights groups are concerned about Indonesian gold miners' use of mercury during the refining process.

A Chinese company bidding to take over failed electric vehicle maker Fisker Automotive is planning to sell off the company's manufacturing plant in Delaware.

Workers at Tesla Motors Inc.'s Fremont, Calif., plant could become unionized.

The ongoing saga surrounding the elevation of the Bayonne Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island, N.Y., illustrates how federal environmental regulations have become bureaucratic hurdles, critics say.

Across Texas, owners of smaller farms are selling off their land and leaving the business.

The agriculture industry is trying to get on the offense about how its business is discussed in the public sphere.

Citing growing consumer demand, food manufacturer General Mills Inc. plans to begin selling its original brand of Cheerios without genetically modified ingredients.

Gasoline is making a comeback in Brazil, dealing the county's once-booming ethanol industry a major setback.

Massachusetts' Cape Wind project will not lose its largest source of financing, even though it missed a key year-end deadline.

A microorganism found bathing in hot springs in the outer reaches of Russia can digest plants into sugar almost twice as fast as current enzymes in the market, which could drive down biofuel production costs, according to new findings from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

U.S. EPA today published its new rule exempting sequestered carbon dioxide emissions from being regulated as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

A former BP engineer recently found guilty on charges related to the 2010 oil spill petitioned a judge to throw out an obstruction of justice conviction.

The Department of Energy has until the close of business today to ask a federal appellate court to reconsider its order requiring DOE to halt fee collections for nuclear waste disposal, according to attorneys representing the nuclear industry and state regulators.

A federal appellate court will begin online audio streaming of all of its arguments starting next week.

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