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Former White House climate adviser Carol Browner has joined a growing campaign to drum up support for the country's fleet of aging reactors as a means of tackling climate change.

Call it a protest march with a side of victory lap.

More than one-third of likely U.S. voters are scared of Uncle Sam, according to a new poll.

A quarter of the U.S. population does not believe human-caused emissions are driving climate change, according to a new Gallup poll.

The Army Corps of Engineers usually takes years -- and in some cases decades -- to assess a problem, contemplate different solutions and ultimately settle on what should be done.

DALLAS -- Faster action by federal regulators could have prevented the fertilizer explosion that killed 15 people in West, Texas, last year, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said today.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- You could call congressional candidate Tate MacQueen the anti-U.S. EPA environmentalist. For nearly a decade, MacQueen has dedicated himself to getting toxic waste left by a former electroplating facility here cleaned up. Industrial solvents, including known carcinogens, are suspected to have contaminated the groundwater, and some nearby families have suffered serious illnesses including brain tumors and cancers. MacQueen isn't just angry with the former owner of the facility, CTS Corp. The main focus of his ire is EPA, which he says has criminally mismanaged the site. He is calling for investigations and prosecutions. And tomorrow, his legal efforts against CTS will be heard by the Supreme Court.

President George H.W. Bush in 1990 asked Congress to send him a bill elevating the U.S. EPA chief to Cabinet level by Earth Day. Two dozen Earth Days later, it still hasn't happened.

As Congress returns to Washington, D.C. next week, what is the future of energy efficiency and tax credit measures in the Senate? During today's premiere episode of The Cutting Edge, E&E Daily reporter Nick Juliano, discusses the Senate's plans to consider the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill and a tax extenders package that includes energy tax credits. Juliano also highlights the stories capturing his interest heading into Congress' next work period. Today's episode airs at 1 p.m. EDT.

Kenya will use drones in all 52 of its national parks in an effort to fight poaching as the government looks for new ways to monitor elephants and rhinos.

To combat the growing upper class's appetite for rare animals, the Chinese government has announced harsh penalties for consuming any of the country's 420 rare or endangered species.

U.S. EPA concerns over an endangered mussel could delay the completion of a water pipeline under construction in eastern Michigan.

Spring storms are bringing relief to some drought-ridden California communities.

New York's Public Service Commission voted yesterday to approve a program that could eventually bring significant changes to consumers' energy bills, as state officials pledged extensive state funding for renewable energy over the next decade.

A new study estimates that 15 billion to 37 billion gallons of water spread across about 18 square miles is contaminated from oil and gas exploration in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.

A turkey truck that rolled off the road into the Deer Creek Reservoir triggered the closure of an important water supply aqueduct in Utah yesterday after around 100 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the wreck.

U.S. EPA and a south Los Angeles oil facility accused of emitting hazardous pollutants have agreed on a plan to reduce emissions, officials said yesterday.

Researchers have found that antibiotic-resistant genes exist in manure from dairy cows, raising the possibility of a "barn to table" transfer of genes that could affect the efficacy of antibiotics.

Electric automaker Tesla Motors Inc. won new support yesterday from three Federal Trade Commission officials, who took to the agency's blog to defend the company.

Local authorities lifted an evacuation order 22 hours after a fire at a natural gas processing plant forced out the residents of a 95-person southwestern Wyoming town.

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