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"Sustainability" was a buzzword in Washington, D.C., before embattled Mayor Vince Gray (D) laid out an ambitious proposal to curb air and water pollution, build new bicycle lanes, and turn the nation's capital into one of the country's greenest cities.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this morning took to Capitol Hill to defend the Obama administration's fiscal 2015 budget request, which includes $23.7 billion in discretionary spending for USDA and related agencies.

An oil portrait of ex-U.S. EPA chief Lisa Jackson hangs in a hallway outside of Administrator Gina McCarthy's office at agency headquarters.

A subpoena issued this month by House Republicans into the Obama administration's enforcement of bird protection laws has prevented scores of law enforcement officers from pursuing illegal wildlife trafficking and has imposed unnecessary costs on taxpayers, Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said today.

The need to weaken Russia's oil industry and ensure European countries can diversify their supplies of oil and natural gas is a "central focus" of ongoing efforts to impose more consequences in response to the situation in Ukraine, President Obama said today following a meeting with E.U. leaders.

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy went to Capitol Hill today to defend her agency's budget, but Republican lawmakers wanted to talk about EPA's fake spy.

An Endangered Species Act listing for the lesser prairie chicken is either a death knell for the U.S. oil boom or business as usual for energy developers and landowners in the southern Great Plains.

A number of factors led to the shooting death of Forest Service officer Chris Upton almost four years ago, when a hunter claimed to have mistaken Upton's spotting scope for an animal's "bright eyes." But Jack Gregory, who retired in 2008 as special agent in charge of Region 8, still laments the one thing that seemed within the Forest Service's control: anti-reflective scopes. He blames law enforcement leadership at the Forest Service for not making the scopes a priority. Gregory isn't alone in his disdain for the agency's management of law enforcement. In interviews with Greenwire and emails among themselves, more than a dozen current and former officials described a dire situation where top officials micromanage and are ignorant of on-the-ground needs and realities.

As U.S. EPA prepares its final rule for 2014 renewable fuel targets, will the intense lobbying push from the biofuels industry sway the agency to shift from its draft proposal? During today's OnPoint, Brian Jennings, executive vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol, discusses the challenges facing his industry as it awaits EPA's final determination.

Romania yesterday placed a cap on its renewable energy program in an effort to aid large companies worried about rising energy prices.

E.U. antitrust regulators are homing in on the tax reductions French officials grant to large power consumers.

China is planning to move some facilities out of Beijing to ease the city's smog problem.

Another Australian coal mine will close due to falling global prices for the commodity.

An advocacy group representing U.S. veterans and Iraqi civilians is pressing for more action against the lingering health effects of environmental violations during the Iraq War.

Researchers have turned to a novel way of decoding insect genetics that could eventually lead to the development of a more effective pesticide.

About 1 in 68 children in the United States are known to have autism spectrum disorder, according to new figures released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- a figure about 30 percent higher than previously thought as recently as two years ago.

Six central Indiana counties, including the county encompassing the state capital, Indianapolis, will have the option of raising local income taxes to pay for mass transit projects under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Mike Pence (R).

Solar power is poised to overtake wind energy as the renewable energy source with the most financing and installation, according to a new report.

The Coast Guard yesterday said that between nine and 18 barrels of oil spilled into Lake Michigan this week after a malfunction at BP PLC's Whiting, Ind., refinery.

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