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U.S. officials in Greenland this week will push for an international ban on Arctic fishing in once-frozen waters that are now accessible due to global warming.

The federal government's wild-horse management program is likely to collapse unless "drastic changes" are made, the program's leader warned in an internal memo last summer.

The Obama administration will review the status of 10 species of rays, skates and bony fish to assess their eligibility for protection as endangered species.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized protections for two rare salamanders found in Texas.

The watchdog group Project on Government Oversight is beefing up security at its Washington, D.C., office after a late-night break-in earlier this month.

A majority of West Virginians said the state has not done enough to protect air and water and they would back stronger regulations in the wake of last month's chemical spill into the Elk River, according to a new poll commissioned by the Sierra Club.

An energy industry group late last week criticized a proposal by the Obama administration to nearly double the oil spill liability cap for offshore drillers, while some members of Congress argued the proposal doesn't raise the cap enough.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) said today he is expecting the Obama administration to release a sweeping plan to allow new seismic tests in the mid- and south Atlantic in "the very near future."

With California facing severe drought, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has asked residents to voluntarily reduce water use. Some cities have imposed mandatory conservation.

President Obama will urge Congress to overhaul how the government funds wildfire fighting in his fiscal 2015 budget proposal, according to a senior Agriculture Department official.

Michigan Rep. John Dingell (D) announced today that he will not seek re-election in November, lamenting partisan divisions in Congress as he ends his nearly 60-year career on Capitol Hill.

A divided Supreme Court appeared to search today for a middle ground in the challenge from industry and a dozen states to a U.S. EPA crackdown on heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its third case related to greenhouse gas emissions in seven years. How will the court's decision affect the future of air regulations coming out of U.S. EPA? During today's OnPoint, Richard Revesz, director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, discusses the arguments and potential outcomes in the case. He also explains its significance in the context of the broader discussion on EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

A court in Sochi, Russia, convicted two local activists for resisting police orders this week. One activist was fined, while the other received a four-day prison sentence.

In its first draft energy plan since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan is signaling that the country plans to maintain its reliance on nuclear power for electricity.

A Chinese man has become the first in the country's history to sue the notoriously authoritarian government for failing to reduce air pollution.

An Indiana state Senate panel yesterday blocked a bill that would limit local environmental regulations.

An Idaho legislative committee is considering a bill that would use cigarette tax revenue to boost funding for aquifer rehabilitation.

Georgia state lawmakers advanced a bill this week that would require the state's environmental officials to consult with local leaders on how best to handle toxic spills and clarify that companies must report spills immediately to regulators.

A bill that breezed through the South Carolina House of Representatives last week could threaten more than 100 health, safety and environmental regulations, lawmakers warned yesterday.

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