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Environmental groups urged a federal court today to toss out two controversial U.S. EPA hazardous waste policies.

Davy Jones' locker has slammed shut on a remote-controlled research sub exploring the oceans' fifth-deepest trench.

New grass fields on the National Mall are sparking a turf war between park officials and festival organizers.

A wildfire destroyed 75 homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in part of the Texas Panhandle, emergency officials said, while another in New Mexico consumed 2,700 acres.

National Park Service officials approved illegal construction projects for over a decade that damaged an American Indian burial site, records show.

Pollination works best and leads to more productive crop yields when several kinds of bee species are involved, new research suggests.

U.S. food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. today committed to selling certified sustainable palm oil.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning repeated his call for a federal gas tax increase as part of a five-point plan to strengthen the United States' transportation network.

GOP Rep. Cory Gardner's name recognition has shot up by more than half in his home state of Colorado, but that definition is mostly negative, according to a new poll released today by the environmental group running a $1 million ad campaign to derail his Senate bid this fall.

Thirteen states have increased or eliminated campaign contribution limits since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling on campaign finance laws, a study shows.

White House and U.S. EPA staff are holding regular meetings with stakeholders ahead of next month's release of a proposal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from today's power plant fleet, but those who make the trek say the Obama administration has offered few hints about the rule.

The Bureau of Land Management has taken too long to update its policy for spacing oil and gas wells on federal lands, hindering its ability to maximize production and revenue from publicly owned minerals, according to a newly released Government Accountability Office report.

Supporters of state renewable energy mandates won a major legal victory last week as a federal judge upheld Colorado's standard, rejecting claims that it violates the Constitution by discriminating against other energy sources.

In a memo to President Bill Clinton, then-Energy Secretary Bill Richardson pulled no punches.

A draft letter from a U.S. EPA science advisory committee recommends a tight standard for how much ozone pollution can be in the air, recommending that the lower bound of the standard should be 60 parts per billion, much lower than the current standard. But the letter notes that committee members haven't made a decision on the upper bound of the ozone standard.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has signed a trio of fire bills into law, including one focused on a new strategy to stamp out small wildfires before they spread using helicopters and firefighting airplanes.

About a third of chemicals labeled as "nontoxic" used in common products like soap and toothpaste have an effect on human sperm, which could account for rising levels of male infertility, according to new research.

Safety officials in Washington state are concerned about a sudden rise in pesticide drift incidents, which have sickened 60 people in the eastern part of the state since March.

Two Texas lawmakers toured the controversial Huy Fong Foods Sriracha factory in Irwindale, Calif., yesterday, continuing a long tradition of rivalry with the Golden State even as the company's owner said he had no plans to move the facility out of California.

Duke Energy Corp. is set to begin dredging the Dan River in earnest this week to remove coal ash spilled there earlier this year.

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