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Geothermal proponents reintroduced legislation in the Senate yesterday aimed at promoting the industry. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reintroduced a bill he sponsored in the last…

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Democrats have given the public lands subcommittee gavel to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), his office said today. Manchin takes the Public Lands, Forests and…

A bipartisan group of Arizona House and Senate lawmakers introduced legislation yesterday to make way for the development of a large copper mine in the southern part of the state.…

The House this morning passed legislation that would extend a pay freeze for federal workers through the end of this year. H.R. 273, sponsored by freshman Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.),…

Biofuels supporters today slammed a proposed measure that would halt gasoline with an increased level of ethanol from entering the marketplace. The legislation introduced yesterday by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)…

Conservationists are optimistic that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will use an appearance this weekend at a Minnesota festival to announce a new sign-up for a program that pays farmers to…

Merging the nation's primary fisheries agency into the Fish and Wildlife Service could improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act and better integrate natural resource management, but could also harm…

Outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning lawmakers that across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect next month would hamstring the Department of Energy's efforts to promote clean energy, create…

U.S. EPA would reduce air pollution monitoring, scale back Superfund cleanups and reduce funding for water infrastructure if $85 billion in planned sequestration cuts take effect March 1, the agency…

The Interior Department would issue 300 fewer oil and gas leases in Western states, delay some $60 million in federal coal leases, and threaten more than 500 exploration and development…

In a high-stakes battle over green building codes, the military's preference for the U.S. Green Building Council's popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, rating system has won…

The debate over tax reform is just starting on Capitol Hill, and its implications for energy companies have not yet been a central piece of lawmakers' discussions, but Sen. Bernie…

What started with an Indiana farmer's purchase of soybean seeds from a local grain elevator has become the heart of a legal war with an agribusiness behemoth with a potentially…

The Obama administration is proposing to significantly reduce the size and energy output of a large-scale wind farm project proposal in Southern California to avoid impacts to golden eagles and endangered condors.

Critics of a thriving silica sand mining industry will request tomorrow that lawmakers halt action on expansion in Minnesota when the state Legislature holds its first hearing on the controversial…

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is proposing to sell the state's 37 power plants as a way to pay for a two-year, $6.4 billion transportation plan. The plan would keep…

A development by Los Angeles real estate company Castle & Cooke Inc. for 7,000 homes near Sierra Vista, Ariz., is at the center of a dispute over water rights that…

Some green advocates are supporting a New Jersey bill that opponents say could render existing environmental legislation ineffective. The bill would remove a "hazardous substance" designation on most sewage under…

In frigid North Pole, Alaska, woodstoves are on full blast all around town. But what's keeping both North Pole and neighboring Fairbanks warm is also contributing to poor air-quality readings…

As construction commences in California on what is slated to be the nation's largest desalination facility, worries about energy needs -- and high costs -- at the plant have thrown…

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