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A group of House Republicans today released recommendations for updating the Endangered Species Act, including emphasizing species recovery and delisting, reforming the settlements made between federal agencies and conservation groups, and improving cooperation with states, tribes and other stakeholders.

The process U.S. EPA followed in crafting its carbon dioxide proposal for new power plants again came under scrutiny yesterday, this time from one of the original architects of modern day interagency review.

The Bureau of Land Management has failed to ensure companies pay fair market value for leasing federal coal, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.

House Republicans have narrowed down the list of policy concessions they want attached to a debt limit increase to two options: approval of the Keystone XL pipeline or elimination of a health care reform provision conservatives say amounts to a bailout of insurance companies.

How much power do consumers wield in driving the conversation on sustainability in the electric power sector? During today's OnPoint, Anda Ray, vice president for environment and the chief sustainability officer at the Electric Power Research Institute, discusses challenges and opportunities in the sector as utilities reshape their business models. She also discusses EPRI's recent work on the energy-water nexus.

Russia has arrested an environmental activist who was monitoring the Sochi Olympics, sources said.

French officials said a Spanish cargo ship carrying fertilizer broke in half after it hit a sea wall off the country's southwestern coast.

Industrial chemical discharges fell 12 percent in 2012, including an 8 percent decrease in toxic air releases, U.S. EPA said yesterday.

3M Co. plans to participate in a U.S.-China research project to cultivate greener methods of heating and cooling buildings.

Tesla Motors Inc. is now the fifth most popular vehicle brand, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports.

Financial advisers who rate municipal bond investments are starting to consider social factors, like health and the environment, in their analyses.

Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson's privately owned Necker Island in the Caribbean will generate 75 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the end of next year.

A California energy storage company will build its first commercial-scale batteries this year, including one at a military base.

China and Canada led the way to a 12.4 percent increase in global installed wind power capacity in 2013, according to industry figures released on today.

Utah regulators agreed on a settlement with Chevron Corp. on Tuesday that includes a $550,000 payment to the state's park division to help restore Willard Bay State Park in Willard, Utah, where the oil company spilled 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel last year.

Luminant, the largest power generator in Texas, said this week that it will reopen three coal-fired power plants because rising electricity prices mean the plants are now economically feasible.

U.S. EPA has opted to grant Texas the authority to oversee its greenhouse gas permitting.

Lisa Heinzerling, a key architect of U.S. EPA's climate change regulations, has been selected for a Georgetown University Law School professorship named for former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr.

The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday sent a lawsuit over a proposed light-rail project back to a lower court for further review, handing the plan's backer a partial victory.

A judge's ruling in an asbestos bankruptcy case involving gasket manufacturer Garlock Sealing Technologies and its parent company, EnPro Industries, is being called a watershed moment by tort-reform advocates.

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