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An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to violating federal clean air regulations when he released polluting chemicals while stealing air conditioners.

A week before the one-year anniversary of a central Arizona fire that killed 19 hotshot firefighters and destroyed 127 homes, property owners filed suit against the state saying it failed to protect them and firefighters.

A California group filed suit this week against the state's plan to fund its high-speed rail project using a greenhouse gas emissions program. The group says the $68 billion project will generate more pollution than it reduces for at least 10 years.

A record number of salmon migrated to the ocean this spring from the largest coho salmon run in California despite the drought desiccating the fishery.

A petition submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service seeks an endangered species listing for the yellow cedar, a slow-growing conifer that has been declining in and around the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska.

Pregnant women and children could suffer from greater methylmercury exposure if they follow proposed federal guidelines that encourage more seafood consumption, environmental groups said today.

A new report by two conservation groups says federal, state and local governments have failed to install adequate protection measures for the imperiled Gunnison sage grouse and its dwindling habitat and that the bird should be listed as endangered.

The Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced a six-month delay in finalizing its proposal to list the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species, a move that drew cheers from Republican congressmen but criticism from a wildlife biologist.

Flanked by representatives of 10 business, labor and professional groups, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) this morning urged Congress to act quickly to prevent a "transportation government shutdown."

The long-suffering efficiency bill again found itself the focus of squabbling over Senate procedure today, as progress on energy and appropriations legislation remains at a standstill over Republican demands for votes on Obama administration climate change policies, the Keystone XL pipeline and other controversial issues on which Democratic leaders do not want to allow votes.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pushing back on portrayals of this week's Supreme Court ruling on U.S. EPA's climate change permitting as a win for the agency.

President Obama rolled out his second-term climate change agenda one year ago today in front of an appreciative crowd of environmental supporters at Georgetown University.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says he plans to sue President Obama over abuses of executive power and efforts to undermine the legislative branch.

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa threatened to hold U.S. EPA chief Gina McCarthy in contempt of Congress today over subpoenaed documents that he says her agency is withholding.

U.S. EPA's nine-year effort to document air pollution at livestock operations is likely still many years from completion and unlikely to be as useful as industry and environmental groups had hoped.

What role should corn buyers and investors play in encouraging sustainable farming and development in the U.S. corn sector? During today's OnPoint, Brooke Barton, water program director at Ceres, discusses a new report that highlights the water and climate risks facing the corn industry and gives recommendations for adaptation. She explains how the corn economy could be affected by adaptation measures.