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Members of the aerospace industry underlined the importance of Earth-observing satellites for accurate weather predictions, especially for extreme events like Superstorm Sandy, on Capitol Hill today. Satellites provide 96 percent…

Three Republican transportation leaders in Congress are downplaying Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's dire warnings over the weekend that a sequestration of funds set to begin Friday would cause major delays…

Congressional Democrats today asked the chief watchdogs at 69 agencies to identify what steps could be taken to fight climate change at the federal government level. In a letter to…

CEOs from the country's largest energy companies today called on the Obama administration and Congress to ramp up oil and gas production in the United States, while carefully sidestepping a…

The White House yesterday warned of cuts to energy permitting and environmental programs nationwide if deep budget cuts go into effect by the end of this week. The Obama administration…

Former Cabinet officials and lawmakers from both parties are among the 37 signers of an open letter released today that highlights the potential impact of climate change on geopolitical stability…

The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case challenging U.S. Forest Service rules restricting the use of motor vehicles in Eldorado National Forest. In Public Lands for the People…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar later this week is expected to name a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management,…

The abrupt departure of California state Sen. Michael Rubio (D) has scrambled the push to reform the state's premier environmental protection law. On Friday, when Rubio was expected to introduce…

A California senator's decision to quit and jump to Chevron Corp. has sparked questions about whether he should have negotiated for that job while in a position to help the company politically. Former Sen. Michael Rubio (D) resigned Friday to work as manager of California governmental affairs for Chevron. He had been chairman of the state Senate's Environmental Quality Committee when he accepted the oil company position.

With both the House and Senate working toward compromises on nuclear waste storage legislation, how will critical sticking points like Yucca Mountain and an interim storage facility influence the discussion?…

Human Rights Watch is calling for Thailand to investigate the killing of an environmentalist, condemning the country for failing to protect its activists. Prajob Nao-opas, an environmentalist who exposed and…

Badger culls in areas of the United Kingdom will go forward later this year as the government attempts to stop the spread of tuberculosis to cattle. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson…

The Los Angeles city councilman who calls himself the greenest mayoral candidate stands to benefit from a lease interest in a project to drill oil wells at Beverly Hills High…

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) has chosen a former aide to Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to direct the state's Department of Environmental Quality. Tracy Stone-Manning has worked on the state's…

In an attempt to keep litter out of waterways, the San Jose, Calif., council voted to pursue a countywide phaseout of plastic foam food containers. "It's a big ocean, a…

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will upgrade its aging power lines, substations and natural gas pipes in its hometown of San Francisco over the next five years. The $1.2 billion…

Professional race car driver Leilani Münter didn't mean to make her interest in environmental issues part of her public identity. But she did just that when she referenced former Vice…

Chinese demand for coal may not be robust enough to sustain the several export facilities proposed in the Pacific Northwest, environmental group Greenpeace argued in a report released this morning.…

Environmentalists accused the operator of a shuttered California nuclear plant yesterday of attempting to get around the terms of its federal operating license. Friends of the Earth said Southern California…

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