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NRG Energy Inc. and the Department of Energy today announced the start of construction retrofitting a coal-fired power plant near Houston with technologies for capturing 90 percent of its carbon emissions.

Two more men have pleaded guilty to participating in a widespread mining kickback scheme in West Virginia.

U.S. EPA is allowing more time for public comment on a rule meant to ensure that air pollution reductions occur within an area that's deemed not in compliance with the federal standards.

Public health groups are asking a federal court to reject U.S. EPA's request to push back compliance deadlines for a rule addressing air pollution that crosses state lines.

Arizona is counting on a beetle to kill trees that use too much water.

Hikers in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park are taking precautions after two visitors were killed by lightning strikes in recent days.

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed the designation today of thousands of acres as critical habitat for a rare Nevada butterfly.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has withdrawn a controversial rule that would have given regional fishery councils more authority over environmental reviews.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee signed off in voice votes today on two bipartisan bills that would create an exemption for power adapters produced as replacement parts and speed up the approval of new sunscreen ingredients.

The House Natural Resources Committee tomorrow will mark up a variety of measures, including legislation that would allow for the export of certain snake species and another bill aimed at mapping federal land.

A Denver-based conservation group announced today it's launching a campaign designed to "educate" politicians and candidates about the importance Western voters place on conservation issues heading into the midterm elections.

Hess Corp. has picked its own Drew Maloney, a prominent Republican lobbyist, to head up its new government and external affairs organization.

A former senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and several Republican lobbyists have joined forces to lobby for Xcel Energy Inc.

The Obama administration has sidestepped an online petition drive asking it to allow Tesla Motors Inc. to sell directly to car buyers.

Former Clinton-era Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has expressed opposition to the Pebble copper and gold mining project in Alaska and is defending U.S. EPA's potential veto of key permits.

A day after the White House endorsed a Republican-sponsored highway funding bailout, President Obama this morning blasted GOP lawmakers for failing to act on a long-term transportation package.

U.S. EPA boss Gina McCarthy last month encouraged House lawmakers to speed up firings of problem employees.

What began as an election-year clash between billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and his critics, in the GOP as well as the fossil-fuel industry, is evolving into a public debate over individual responsibility to act on climate change -- with a side order of swiping at the nation's second-biggest newspaper.

Twenty-one states have asked the Supreme Court to review U.S. EPA's landmark air standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants.

Chinese owners seeking to build wind farms near a naval facility in Oregon were denied their due process rights when President Obama blocked the project on national security grounds without providing adequate evidence for his decision, a federal appeals court ruled today.

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