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Several advisers to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz have seen their financial conflicts of interest waived by the department so they can go about their government service.

Hundreds of supporters of the Obama administration's flagship climate change rule turned the grounds around the U.S. EPA headquarters into a green carnival this morning as the agency opened the first public hearings on the proposal in Washington, D.C.

With a series of congressional climate hearings and U.S. EPA's public hearings on its Clean Power Plan scheduled this week, the Obama administration's climate and energy goals are in full focus in Washington. During today's OnPoint, Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, discusses her testimony yesterday before the Senate Budget Committee on the costs of climate inaction. She also talks about a new Ceres report that ranks the United States' largest electric utilities on their clean energy investments.

Utah yesterday approved a new crow-hunting proposal over objections from local wildlife advocates.

Massachusetts environmental officials are pulling out all the stops to get a vote on a controversial energy bill that would allow utilities in the state to purchase Canadian hydropower to offset the closure of coal, oil and nuclear power plants and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Test results released yesterday indicated no signs of radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster off the U.S. Pacific Coast, but scientists plan to continue testing as low levels of radiation are expected to appear in some U.S. waters later this year.

A small city in Texas is experimenting with a new solution to curb the loss of vital water from surface reservoirs in the midst of drought.

The U.S. transportation watchdog said yesterday that systemic errors were behind a 2012 train derailment in New Jersey that released noxious gas that brought illness to residents and emergency responders.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk will face off against a character on the long-running animated series "The Simpsons" when the Tesla Motors Inc. executive plays himself on a future episode, according to one of the show's producers.

U.S. producers of food made from genetically modified crops are doubling down on their anti-GMO labeling efforts with a new multimillion-dollar campaign.

Electricity sales are down across the country as customers use less energy and more efficient equipment, forcing utilities to rethink their century-old business models.

Ten federal environmental and public health rules could save 10,000 lives and prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of disease and injury each year, according to a new report.

Oil and gas spills in Colorado are on the rise, but residents are rarely notified when those accidents take place, a study shows.

The Department of Energy is joining a multiagency effort to fast-track the development of aviation biofuels.

Voluntary third-party certification systems are poised to play a large role in future biofuels markets, the Natural Resources Defense Council predicted in a report yesterday.

The federal government has sued a former Alaska resident for filing false financial claims against employees of the state Department of Natural Resources and the Social Security Administration.

A federal grand jury yesterday charged Pacific Gas & Electric Co. with lying to federal investigators following a deadly pipeline explosion in California in 2010, after prosecutors replaced a 12-count indictment with 28 charges, including obstruction of justice.

The renowned garden at Paris' Louvre Museum may have to get used to unwanted visitors as officials continue to grapple with a rat problem plaguing the French capital's green spaces.

Species like the threatened bumphead parrotfish put conservationists in a conundrum by feeding on critical habitat, like coral reefs, and the more they recover, the more they eat.

In the fight to stop the spread of invasive mussels throughout U.S. waterways, small boat owners who violate invasion-prevention rules often pay hefty fines or face jail time, while the massive ocean tankers likely responsible for bringing them into the Great Lakes face few penalties.

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