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Cereal giant Kellogg Co. said it will use palm oil in its processed foods only from companies that don't harm tropical rainforests.

New Jersey officials say a decades-old maritime law is preventing the state from importing an emergency supply of road salt.

The Obama administration and Congress should create new parks and monuments recognizing the role of American Indians and Native Alaskans, African-Americans, Latinos, women and other underrepresented groups, according to a new report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

Scientists at the Energy Department have designed a battery small enough to be injected into endangered salmon, in hopes that it will help the federal government better track the fish as it travels throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The conservative nonprofit that pushed for federal action for the Modoc sucker is glad to see the Fish and Wildlife Service plans to delist the species, but it criticized the way the agency has framed the proposal.

The Forest Service's law enforcement division has implemented a hiring freeze and confined officers to days at their desks, all thanks to a budget cut the agency requested, according to a watchdog group.

Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) are touting new legislation meant to prod the Department of Energy into updating a relatively obscure report on the electric motor market.

Four GOP senators are asking the Interior and Commerce departments to halt Endangered Species Act consultations over a long-delayed and closely watched cooling water intake rule for power plants and factories.

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is joining the board of directors of Proterra Inc., an electric bus maker that benefited from a federal grant program while he ran the Department of Transportation.

An association of state environmental commissioners has tapped a veteran environmental lawyer to be its leader.

Secretary of State John Kerry continues to take heat for remarks he made in Asia over the weekend equating climate change with poverty, nuclear proliferation and other threats to global security.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today outlined the Obama administration's vision of a more resilient U.S. electric grid capable of handling severe weather linked to climate change.

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The Interior Department has formally approved two large-scale solar power projects in California and Nevada, continuing the Obama administration's aggressive push to use public lands to promote renewable energy development.

Two weeks into the 90-day window for Secretary of State John Kerry to consult with fellow agency leaders on the Keystone XL pipeline, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and U.S. EPA chief Gina McCarthy have indirectly offered new hints on their approaches to the contentious oil sands crude project.

The Obama administration plans a historic tightening of the spigot for California farmers in the face of punishing drought. The Bureau of Reclamation notified senior water contractors on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers last weekend that they should expect 40 percent of their regular deliveries this year.

Rwanda will become the first East African country with a utility-scale solar power plant once an 8.5-megawatt project set to be built a few miles outside the capital, Kigali, comes online.

The Chinese capital of Beijing issued its first emergency pollution alert today as it asked residents to cut down on outdoor activities and construction to prevent dust formations that could exacerbate expected heavy smog in the next three days.

The European Commission is suing Britain for exceeding air pollution limits from traffic, a case that will force the country to introduce tougher air pollution restrictions or face hefty fines.

Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has experienced its worst leak since August 2013 as 100 metric tons of contaminated water overflowed from a tank, according to the plant's operator.

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