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A fixture of old Western movies, tumbleweeds are creating a nuisance in Colorado this year amid record drought.

The National Park Service is responding to waves of illegal logging in California's redwood forests.

A longtime Wyoming environmental group is disbanding due to financial difficulties.

Democratic strategist John Podesta is playing a key role in shaping the Obama administration's aggressive push this year on environmental issues.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx both criticized the state of the congressional appropriations process ahead of today's release of the White House's fiscal 2015 budget request.

Approving the Keystone XL pipeline "addresses the president's concern" that the Alberta-to-U.S. oil sands crude link not "significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution," Canada's ambassador wrote in his official governmental submission to the State Department on the controversial project.

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) today received House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer's tacit endorsement in the leadership fight for the ranking member post of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee -- meaning Hoyer is once again clashing with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over the direction of the Democratic Caucus.

President Obama today proposed to reduce the Agriculture Department's budget in fiscal 2015 in a spending plan that emphasizes renewable energy, climate change and pollinator protection.

The Obama administration this morning proposed a 17 percent cut from last year's levels to the already cash-strapped Army Corps of Engineers' budget.

Environmental satellites again dominate the White House's fiscal 2015 budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while the National Weather Service would absorb a significant cut.

President Obama today proposed suspending activity at a controversial fuel reprocessing facility that was the focal point of an effort to delay confirmation of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz last year.

President Obama in his fiscal 2015 budget proposal called for severing "federal ties" to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public utility, including a transfer of ownership to state or local stakeholders.

President Obama's annual wish list unveiled this morning reiterated his long-standing call to make the tax code far more generous to renewable energy companies while rescinding a bevy of incentives the oil and gas industry has enjoyed for decades.

President Obama's fiscal 2015 budget request would boost funding for innovation in renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced manufacturing across various programs, reflecting White House priorities -- but those policies are likely to spur critics to again question the administration's commitment to an "all of the above" energy strategy.

President Obama today requested $12 billion to fund the Interior Department in fiscal 2015, a 3 percent increase over current funding levels.

Even as President Obama vows to step up action on climate change across the government, the fiscal 2015 budget proposal he announced today would nonetheless cut U.S. EPA funding for the fifth straight year.

President Obama unveiled ambitious plans today for funneling cash to his climate and energy priorities while raising funds through an overhaul of the tax code in his broader fiscal 2015 budget request. Central to the White House budget request are efforts to boost investment in energy and transportation infrastructure and climate adaptation programs, building off themes Obama announced in his recent State of the Union speech.

How does the expansion of distributed generation in the United States impact large-scale solar project investments? During today's OnPoint, Joseph Desmond, senior vice president of marketing and government affairs at BrightSource Energy, discusses opportunities for future investments in solar technology on the heels of last month's Ivanpah solar facility opening. BrightSource is an equity investor in Ivanpah. Desmond also talks about the importance of Department of Energy loan guarantees for Ivanpah -- and future projects his company is considering.

Too much of Australia's forests is locked up in national parks, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, reiterating his commitment to remove World Heritage site status from 74,000 hectares (183,000 acres) of Tasmanian forest and to make Australia "open for business for the forestry industry."

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today vowed to crack down on pollution, saying in a speech to China's Legislature that he was "declaring war" on the problem.

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