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Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) during her first hearing as chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today called on the United States to take its place as an "energy superpower" and vowed to scrutinize the Energy Department's review of two dozen pending gas export projects.

The Obama administration unveiled a regulatory proposal today that would bring nearly all rivers, streams and creeks under the protection of the Clean Water Act and add clarity on which wetlands would receive protection.

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard a case regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 1000, which seeks to address some of the modernization challenges facing the grid. During today's OnPoint, Sue Sheridan, president and chief counsel at the Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy, a plaintiff in the case, discusses the four key issues at play and the rationale behind the plaintiffs' petition. She also explains how this case is significant to the larger debate over Order 1000.

Ohio lawmakers yesterday approved legislation that would allow Tesla Motors Inc. to operate three direct-sale stores in the state.

Kansas senators yesterday voted to repeal state renewable energy standards for electric utilities despite strong opposition from environmentalists and wind energy companies.

The radiation release at a New Mexico nuclear waste storage site was a near miss that could have been prevented, a top oversight official said.

Five companies in Washington state have agreed to pay federal fines after admitting to chemical reporting violations, U.S. EPA said yesterday.

A new Cadillac is set to bring the Tesla Model S serious competition in the electric car market.

An Illinois company is using a type of bacteria found in the intestinal tracts of rabbits to turn polluting gases and chemicals into lucrative compounds.

A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has ruled against China's rare earth element export restrictions, U.S. trade officials announced this morning.

As the nation's capital this week celebrates the life and legacy of famed agriculture biotechnology leader Norman Borlaug, Monsanto Co. is aiming to win over consumers' hearts.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization today warned that a proposal by the Obama administration to lower federal biofuel targets this year will result in higher greenhouse gas emissions.

A federal judge upheld California's ban on possessing or selling shark fins, ruling that the law doesn't discriminate against Chinese Americans or interfere with federal regulations.

A state judge has ruled that a controversial Kentucky natural gas pipeline cannot seize private property for the project.

Abalone poachers, fueled by growing demand for the species from Asian consumers, threaten to wipe out the mollusk in South Africa.

A Danish zoo that drew the ire of wildlife groups last month for euthanizing a healthy giraffe has come under fire again for euthanizing a family of four lions.

Researchers have spotted a pair of endangered Hawaiian geese nesting in the wild on the island of Oahu for the first time in hundreds of years.

RIO VISTA, Calif. -- At a dilapidated former Army base on the Sacramento River here, three tanker trucks back up to a pier and disgorge their unlikely cargo: 400,000 swirling, jumping baby salmon.