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A federal appellate court has ruled that the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has the right to examine the role of the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

This month the federal Surface Transportation Board handed ranchers and environmental advocates what they feel could become a powerful tool in fighting one of the country's most controversial proposed rail lines.

Nevada transportation officials yesterday failed to back up Cliven Bundy's claims that the state was ultimately responsible for keeping his cow off Interstate 15 northeast of Las Vegas.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) announced today that the state will issue $3.7 million in grants to diminish wildfire risk in "wildland-urban interface" areas.

A strong majority of sage grouse breeding grounds in the West are found within a short distance of stream sides, wet meadows and irrigated fields that are mostly privately owned, according to a new federally funded study released this week.

A Mid-Atlantic squirrel species has recovered to the point of no longer needing federal protections, thanks to decades-long conservation efforts, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced today.

A lobbyist who pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions told investigators that he used to buy legislative earmarks through campaign contributions to Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.).

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (D) this week filed legislation to establish a new national wildlife refuge to protect a section of wetlands that is part of the international Prairie Pothole region, where millions of ducks, geese and migratory birds find sanctuary in the shallow wetlands that stretch from Montana to portions of Minnesota and Iowa.

Costs to develop the transboundary Keystone XL oil pipeline could skyrocket from $5.4 billion to potentially around $10 billion, TransCanada Corp. has confirmed after reports this morning.

NEW YORK -- All major carbon-polluting countries, "without any exception," have begun the technical work necessary to develop and announce new emissions targets next year, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said today.

Climate change is one of the greatest budgetary threats facing the United States in the 21st century, but addressing it offers economic opportunity, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan said today.

A wave of coal plant closures in the Midwest tied to new U.S. EPA clean air rules is squeezing critical reserve margins -- the excess power that's provided a buffer against reliability problems -- in Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa and Indiana, a top grid expert warned yesterday.

A federal appeals court yesterday asked U.S. EPA to respond to a request from one of the country's largest coal companies to block the agency from finalizing its high-profile greenhouse gas standards for existing power plants.

The Obama administration's hard-fought effort to use military purchasing power to spur the creation of a commercial-scale biofuel industry took a major step forward this morning with the awarding of three new fuel contracts.

The National Science Foundation appears to have allowed a nonprofit environmental group to misuse taxpayer cash to pay for alcohol, employees' Amazon.com purchases, French hotels, an office Christmas party and other prohibited costs, according to two GOP senators.

How will the new House majority leadership move on liquefied natural gas exports, crude oil exports and U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan following the midterm elections? During today's OnPoint, Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, discusses the state of play on energy policy in Congress and talks about the impact he believes EPA's draft rule for existing power plants could have on Ohio's manufacturing sector.

A Czech zoo with a long history of rhino conservation yesterday burned 132 pounds of rhino horns to illuminate the extinction threat the species is facing on the eve of World Rhino Day.

A ranger and two other employees of a South African wildlife park were arrested near the freshly killed carcass of a rhino in Kruger National Park as poaching surges in the country.

More than 25,000 residents of northern Mexico have been told to avoid using drinking water after a spill from a copper mine in the border state of Sonora.

Cleanup crews deployed 5,000 feet of containment boom in the San Francisco Bay after a World War II-era ship leaked fuel early Saturday.

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