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A Nevada assemblyman was charged with four misdemeanor counts of illegal trapping, which he blamed on a "vendetta" against him by the state's Department of Wildlife.

Vermont's House voted Wednesday to expand the state's net-metering program, allowing utility customers to save more money on their power bills by generating their own electricity and selling it back to utilities.

Californians approve of their governor and U.S. senators, but support for President Obama has slid and residents are deeply unhappy with Congress, a new poll shows.

U.S. EPA yesterday awarded $9 million in research grants focused on nutrient pollution and unveiled an update to its stormwater calculator that includes future climate scenarios.

The Grand Canyon Trust is threatening to sue the only conventional uranium mill in the United States over what it called excessive radon levels on the property.

The New York Power Authority yesterday confirmed it is under investigation by the FBI.

Wisconsin's Public Service Commission has approved a plan to convert a Milwaukee coal-fired power plant to natural gas and a plan to pass on the cost of the $69 million project to ratepayers.

Workers this morning continued their efforts to stop a natural gas leak following yesterday's blowout on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Federal Railroad Administration rarely issues large fines against the railroads it regulates, according to a review of annual enforcement reports.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) has been selected to serve as the U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change, sources said.

Federal judges today rejected a challenge from the makers of nonroad engines to U.S. EPA air regulations.

One city in California's wine country is maintaining its fragile water supply with the help of a local brewery.

California's drought has a silver lining for gold prospectors.

The population of nesting wading birds in the greater Everglades ecosystem has shot up more than 50 percent in 2013, according to new data from the South Florida Water Management District.

The U.N. Security Council has issued sanctions against illegal wildlife traffickers in Africa, a move that wildlife advocates said is a major shift in policy.

Australia today approved the expansion of a major coal port near the Great Barrier Reef, angering scientists and environmental groups that say the project will harm delicate marine ecosystems.

The Obama administration will spend the next year considering Endangered Species Act protections for the Caribbean electric ray, a rare fish found in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

The population of reintroduced Mexican wolves in the Southwest continues to grow, as the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that an aerial and ground survey counted notable increases in wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico for the third straight year.

North Carolina Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla told U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a letter obtained by Greenwire that her agency's authority to regulate existing power plant emissions under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act is limited, if it exists at all.

Prominent sportsmen's advocacy groups receive significant funding from foundations that support an array of liberal causes, from clean energy to abortion rights and population control, and the groups' leaders have close ties to the Democratic Party, according to a report released yesterday by a libertarian group.

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