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The Supreme Court should take up an oyster farm's fight against the Interior Department because the case offers an opportunity to ensure federal courts have the jurisdiction to reject false science, two scientists who have criticized Interior in the past argue in an amicus brief filed Friday.

The Supreme Court today declined to review a challenge from more than 100 coal companies to an Interior Department fee on mined coal for export.

California's record-setting drought has been linked to an unprecedented decline in breeding among birds of prey.

Texas researchers and the Obama administration are working to fight a fungus that has caused $1 billion in damage to coffee plantations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, U.S. foreign aid authorities said yesterday.

The Fish and Wildlife Service tomorrow will finalize a rule to give federal protections to the southern white rhino, a move meant to curb ivory trafficking.

People around the world have never eaten as much fish or depended as much on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods as they have today, driving a need for more sustainable management, according to a report released today by the United Nations.

Border collies with more bark than bite could provide a furrier-than-usual answer to water contamination at recreational Great Lakes beaches.

The contracted employees who monitor fishing vessels endure inadequate accommodations, short notice for deployment and inconsistent policies on how to report marine resource violations, according to a recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Colorado lawmakers this month approved legislation to help clean up the dirty legacy of uranium mining in the state, particularly waste from an old mill owned by Cotter Corp., and boost regulatory requirements for groundwater protection.

A new lobbying firm born out of one of K Street's biggest names has signed up about a dozen energy and environmental clients.

Campaign contributions are pouring into Kentucky as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell heads toward a likely primary win tomorrow and a general election battle with Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (D).

House appropriators today unveiled a fiscal 2015 spending plan that would maintain discretionary funding for the Agriculture Department at current levels.

A Senate panel late Friday released details about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's handling of a highly sensitive report exposing vulnerabilities in the U.S. electric grid -- information that found its way into The Wall Street Journal.

One company's loss might be another's gain in the topsy-turvy business of small modular reactors.

Two of Washington, D.C.'s most prominent energy trade associations have joined forces to battle a rule aimed at limiting workers' exposure to silica dust.

President Obama plans to nominate his longtime housing chief Shaun Donovan as his top budget writer in a staff shuffle that also aims to hoist San Antonio Mayor and Democratic rising star Julian Castro into the administration.

Political stakes are high for President Obama in the planned June 2 rollout of a rule aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions for existing power plants. Green groups are urging the president to put his personal touch on the announcement, and some PR experts say he’s likely to do just that. "I think he staked a lot on this," media consultant Mark Longabaugh said. "The other side is not going to let him dodge the policy."

On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Jean Chemnick previews the Obama administration's scheduled Monday rollout of carbon regulations for existing power plants. Chemnick talks about the heated debate developing among interest groups and discusses the role states will play in the process that emerges following the announcement.

An Australian court this week ruled against an organic farmer in a landmark GMO case that could affect the country's booming organic food industry.

New York is monitoring the health of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson River to make sure the state's overhaul of the Tappan Zee Bridge doesn't hurt the imperiled fish species.

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