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The federal government is moving to dismiss a lawsuit by ranchers demanding an accelerated roundup of wild horses.

The Sierra Club is challenging an air quality permit for a proposed coal-fired power project in Kansas, alleging that it does not adequately limit mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

West Virginia's Division of Natural Resources could get a $92,000 bill for trout waste problems at a state hatchery.

The omens of death are becoming victims themselves.

Scientists in the United Kingdom have found that a single, powerful strain of deformed wing virus, a pathogen that makes bees unable to fly, can play a more important role in colony collapse of European honeybees than a multitude of other strains.

Six Chippewa tribal bands are asking U.S. EPA to initiate Clean Water Act veto proceedings against a controversial mining project in northern Wisconsin near Lake Superior.

Conservation groups say the Interior Department acted prematurely when it downlisted the wood stork from endangered to threatened as the bird continues to face habitat loss in Florida.

Officials from startup energy companies told a House subcommittee yesterday that lifting the oil export ban is the best way to help small businesses like theirs -- though some Democrats and advocacy groups warned lifting the ban wouldn't help consumers.

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are renewing their push for a hearing on the Highway Trust Fund's long-term needs and want to hold it themselves if panel Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) won't go along.

Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) is exploring the possibility of expanding his bill for a $50 billion infrastructure bank to raise money for a Highway Trust Fund fix.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) introduced a bill yesterday that would direct federal officials to recommend marine sanctuaries in the Great Lakes, building off the Obama administration's renewed focus on ocean health.

Sen. Jon Tester is pushing new legislation that would allow federal agencies to share information about potential job candidates.

Former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) and former Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) are pushing legislation to promote carbon capture and sequestration technologies, plus their use in enhanced oil recovery.

Meeting the renewable fuel standard's total volume mandates would raise gas prices and have a negligible effect on food prices, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

NEW YORK -- A state agency approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan yesterday for borrowing $511 million from the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund to help finance construction of a new $4 billion Tappan Zee bridge across the Hudson River.

The Interior Department scored a major legal victory this week when a federal court rejected a challenge by environmental groups that claimed the department's plan to accelerate commercial-scale solar power development across the Southwest is illegal because it failed to consider alternatives that would cause less harm to natural resources.

A federal appeals court struck down today two long-standing U.S. EPA hazardous waste policies that environmentalists argued were too lax.

The Obama administration today released a final policy to guide government scientists in determining whether wildlife species deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, making a substantive change to a draft policy released 2½ years ago.

Residents escaped injury in Dalian, China, when a crude oil pipeline exploded near a school and residential area.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture quarantined two northeastern counties today in an effort to stem the spread of gypsy moths, a destructive tree pest. It's the state's first quarantine for the pests.

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