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The rate of occurrence of certain microbes that are resistant to antibiotics is going down, according to a report published by the Food and Drug Administration, the Agriculture Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday.

The first of the major Midwest cellulosic ethanol plants will open its doors in early September.

A county judge has overturned a zoning exemption given to the proposed Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility, but it's not clear the ruling will have an effect on the project as it moves forward.

A federal judge is allowing a man accused of setting one of California's largest fires to go free while the criminal trial continues.

A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a U.S. EPA air pollution permit for a proposed California natural gas power plant because it did not meet the agency's air quality standards at the time it was issued.

Federal scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are taking 360-degree "street view" mapping underwater to allow people to explore the seas from their armchairs.

An Alaskan woman chased a polar bear from her tent in the latest of several encounters between the bears and humans on the state's North Slope.

Rescue crews in Yellowstone National Park continue to look for a Georgia man who disappeared Monday on the Yellowstone River.

Hundreds of people attended a U.S. EPA public hearing yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska, over the agency's controversial proposal to place sharp limits on development of a proposed copper and gold mine in Bristol Bay.

Southern Californians spend millions of dollars annually to avoid litter-ridden beaches, according to a new economic study funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it won't consider listing a Texas spider under the Endangered Species Act.

Republican voters picked a nominee last night to succeed retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), but the GOP contest to replace departing Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) could be headed to a recount.

Consent decrees between U.S. EPA and environmental plaintiffs commit the agency to promulgate regulations by deadlines that do not allow for careful rulemaking, compromising their environmental benefit, a conservative advocacy group said today.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced today it will pump $9.1 million into the North Carolina Senate race, launching a series of ads critical of state House Speaker Thom Tillis' (R) legislative record.

A group of Kentucky Democrats is calling on Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, to resign from the board of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

More than 50 House Republicans, including the third-ranking member of the party's leadership, are renewing a call to end a key wind energy tax credit.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Democratic leaders are nearing agreement on a $7 billion spending package for water that would replace an $11.1 billion one now on the November ballot in the drought-plagued state.

ASPEN, Colo. -- Former President Carter yesterday lamented what he described as the United States' slow pace in utilizing renewable energy resources -- laying blame on the "nut cases in our country who don't believe in global warming" -- but nonetheless said he expects Congress to embrace aggressive climate change policies within the next decade.

Lobbyists ousted from federal advisory panels by the Obama administration could soon make a comeback.

ASPEN, Colo. -- Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer yesterday acknowledged that his effort to inject $100 million into the 2014 election cycle could fall short of his goal but vowed his political action committee would nonetheless have sufficient funds to remain competitive in a slate of seven races.

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