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Federal judges today rejected SeaWorld's challenge to the Labor Department's finding that it violated workplace safety laws by exposing trainers at its parks to killer whales with a history of violence.

Creatures dubbed "the dinosaurs of the turtle world" face serious threats in the rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a new study says.

Wildlife officials in California released 300,000 young chinook salmon this week with microchips implanted in their heads in an unprecedented experiment to see what conditions work best for the fish as they leave hatcheries and enter rivers.

Cases of a fungal disease devastating bat populations have now been detected in nearly every state east of the Mississippi River and as far west as Missouri.

China's tough position on imports of genetically modified corn is threatening the U.S. corn and seed industries, a new report finds.

Following a decision limiting the federal recreational season for red snapper, Louisiana yesterday announced plans to open its own waters year-round.

Senate Republicans last night launched a pre-emptive strike against any plans to regulate methane emissions from livestock -- despite assurances from the Obama administration that it does not plan to do so.

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today quizzed President Obama's pick for U.S. EPA air chief on her contribution to the administration's revision last year of its estimate for the social cost of carbon.

Former Louisiana Rep. Rodney Alexander (R) could seek to reclaim his old House seat as state GOP officials call for his successor, freshman Rep. Vance McAllister (R), to resign over an extramarital affair, the ex-lawmaker told a local newspaper today.

Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray yesterday blasted former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his support of anti-coal efforts.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's acting chairman expressed frustration in a Washington, D.C., forum yesterday with the pace of federal rulemaking.

A federal appeals court today rejected a challenge from environmental groups seeking to force U.S. EPA to set more stringent air standards for carbon monoxide.

Electric utilities yesterday asked the Supreme Court to review U.S. EPA's 2008 air standards for ozone, arguing that last year's ruling upholding them ignored key parts of the Clean Air Act and granted the agency too much discretion in setting the limits.

A state-of-the-art hovercraft was supposed to be the solution to King Cove’s public safety challenges, but its planned sale marks the end of a failed government experiment. Alaskans are intensifying their calls for a road through a protected refuge. Are there any other alternatives?

How legally defensible is U.S. EPA's Waters of the United States proposed rule? As the agency readies its proposal for existing power plants, what are its options for addressing flexibility concerns from the states? During today's OnPoint, Roger Martella, a partner at Sidley Austin and the former general counsel at EPA, discusses the agency's recent action on water regulations and its forthcoming performance standards for existing sources.

Wind farms are more popular in Britain than hydraulic fracturing, a new study shows.

A crude oil leak from a pipeline owned by a unit of the China National Petroleum Corp. was behind contamination that affected the drinking water of 2.4 million people in Lanzhou in western China, the country's state media said Saturday.

A bill sponsored by Ohio state Sen. Cliff Hite (R) would create a fertilizer certification program in hopes of reducing algae blooms in area lakes and rivers.