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Colorado Sen. Mark Udall (D) remains locked in a dead heat with Rep. Cory Gardner (R) as the incumbent looks to defend his Senate seat, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released today.

The House this afternoon voted 277-130 to make permanent a special tax break for landowners who agree to preserve their property from development, a provision strongly backed by conservationists, hunters and anglers.

Senior administration officials announced a new effort today to boost private investment in the nation's crumbling roads and bridges.

The Commerce Department's inspector general has a history of bullying whistleblowers and hiring friends, according to the latest salvo in a congressional investigation that has become increasingly heated.

With fierce battles over an Obama administration water proposal underway in Congress, a staunch opponent of the rule sent key lawmakers a point-by-point analysis of U.S. EPA's explanation of the proposal.

IWAKI CITY, Japan -- Three years have passed since a mega-earthquake and tsunami slammed into Atsushi Fuda's hometown of Hirono, forcing him to leave with only the clothes on his back.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is in court, trying to avoid being dragged before a state agency known for its aggressive defense of coastal access rights.

After years as U.S. EPA's No. 2, Bob Perciasepe will become top dog at a climate nonprofit.

When the Bureau of Land Management faced down an armed militia while rounding up rancher Cliven Bundy's cows last April in the southern Nevada desert, missing was a key ally, Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie. The sheriff and his deputies left federal rangers to manage hundreds of protesters, many of whom saw Gillespie as the area's sole legitimate police authority. BLM had tried for months to secure Gillespie’s assistance, but the deal disintegrated at the 11th hour. "Sadly, [Gillespie] backed out of his commitment shortly before the operation -- and after months of joint planning and sharing of accurate information," BLM spokesman Craig Leff said.

As pressure mounts for U.S. EPA to address confusion and concerns relating to its Clean Water Act proposal, what are the key issues stakeholders have with the rule, and how could the politics of the proposal affect the midterm elections? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Annie Snider discusses the latest moves by the agency, Congress and stakeholders as they all try to influence the future of the regulations.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said yesterday the city had made substantial progress recovering from Superstorm Sandy, even as a new report flagged problems with one municipal agency's contracts in the wake of the storm.

A suburb of Los Angeles has issued a fine warning to a couple in Southern California for creating an eyesore by not watering their lawn. The couple let the grass turn brown to comply with statewide emergency orders to conserve water in the midst of a drought.

Employees are breathing easier but local mosquitos are not after a suspicious device spotted at a southwest Wyoming power plant turned out to not be a bomb at all.

Federal officials warned a developer it should stop building a Wal-Mart on an area of disappearing forest between two national parks near Miami until a survey of endangered wildlife is done.

U.S. EPA announced the launch yesterday of a voluntary labeling program for bug repellents aimed at showing how many hours of protection they can expect with each application.

West Virginia regulators have cited a mountaintop-removal mine after finding cracks in a barrier meant to contain runoff from entering a nearby creek.

A deal between Duke Energy Corp. and environmental groups is expected to pave the way for the utility to operate dams on a South Carolina river chain while taking steps to protect a rare fish.

A Florida environmental group is demanding that the Army Corps of Engineers clean up a $205 million dredging project or be sued.

U.S. EPA announced yesterday that Duke Energy Corp. has finished dredging large pockets of coal ash that spilled from a North Carolina power plant into the Dan River.

The Seward Coal Loading Facility in southern Alaska is a top contributor to coal dust pollution, says a report backed by environmentalists released yesterday.

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