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The Northern Plains Resources Council yesterday filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management for its decision to lease roughly 35 million tons of federal coal in Montana.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected BP's defense against accusations that its traders gamed natural gas markets in 2008, saying the case is headed for a hearing before an administrative law judge.

A federal appeals court yesterday denied a request from industry to delay reporting deadlines in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rule for combating corrupt mining practices in conflict-ridden central Africa.

More than 100 white-tailed deer shot and killed by government sharpshooters in Rock Creek Park have been donated to homeless shelters and other charities in the nation's capital.

The National Aquarium, one of Baltimore's biggest tourist attractions, said yesterday it might stop putting dolphins on display. Instead, it would move the marine mammals at its Dolphin Discovery amphitheater to an undetermined oceanside sanctuary.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has declared a state of emergency after nine wildfires in San Diego County blazed over dry land near homes and roads yesterday and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Beekeepers in the United States lost fewer honeybee colonies last winter than in the previous one, but losses remained above the level that's considered sustainable, according to an annual survey released today.

Although California's request that a court reconsider the fate of a tiny endangered fish that inhabits its water infrastructure potentially could set up a Supreme Court challenge to the Endangered Species Act, it would be a long shot for the high court to take the case, observers said this week.

The son of Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) was arrested Saturday on marijuana possession charges in Georgia.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) today said she was working on "recruiting" other lawmakers to support her bill to boost the commercial availability of carbon capture and sequestration.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a six-year reauthorization of the federal-aid highway program this morning in the first step of what is likely to be a grueling trek toward final passage of a surface transportation funding bill.

Dominion's planned export of natural gas from a terminal on the Chesapeake Bay will have "no significant cumulative impacts" on the environment, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff said today.

Long before it unveiled a major scientific report last week demonstrating how climate change is already affecting communities around the country, the White House had already settled on a strategy of making warming a hometown issue for as many Americans as possible.

At the center of a now-public turf war at U.S. EPA is John C. Martin, a special agent who agency watchdogs say improperly treads on their territory and refuses to cooperate.

Among the new conclusions the Obama administration added to the 1,000-plus pages of its final Keystone XL environmental review, one particular sentence carried a subtle but unmistakable air of portent.

On today's The Cutting Edge, E&E Daily reporter Manuel Quiñones previews the uphill climb facing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as he seeks his sixth term in office. Quiñones also discusses the role energy is playing in McConnell's re-election prospects.

Americans, Europeans and Israelis are eating more organic food than ever, but high prices are making life hard for organic farmers in the Gaza Strip.

A solution to China's toxic air pollution is creating a whole new public health menace.

South African National Parks officials are on high alert after finding the de-tusked corpse of an elephant in Kruger National Park for the first time in more than 10 years.

An activist group has started a petition in Oregon to include a measure on the November state ballot requiring retailers, food manufacturers and suppliers to label genetically modified foods.

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