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Bacteria found in the human gut can one day be a source of the microbes needed to break down plants into biofuels, according to a new study from the University of Illinois.

NEW YORK -- A wave of environmental infrastructure projects linked to post-Superstorm Sandy construction would be financed by more than $30 billion in municipal bonds under a proposal floated yesterday by this city's top fiscal officer.

The American economy can only flourish if the global climate is stable, U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told a Washington, D.C., audience this morning.

Indonesian villagers allegedly injured by soldiers guarding a natural gas field were given a chance yesterday to amend their lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. over human rights abuses.

A rate-setting case involving Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will get a new judge after the California utilities agency said inappropriate lobbying by the company had "cast a cloud of suspicion" over the process.

A federal judge ruled that BP PLC is not entitled to win back what it says are hundreds of millions of dollars in excess payments approved under the company's Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.

A California judge ruled yesterday that the billionaire owner of a popular beach must reopen a road allowing the public to access the site.

After a seven-year battle, the lead guitarist of rock band U2 appears to have hit the right note with California regulators in his bid to build houses on a cliff in Malibu.

The Navajo Nation will receive the largest-ever federal settlement won by an individual American Indian tribe tomorrow when a $554 million agreement is officially signed in the Navajo capital of Window Rock, Ariz.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has determined that a large coral reef fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act.

A contentious public comment period ends tomorrow on a high-stakes Fish and Wildlife Service review of the red wolf recovery program in eastern North Carolina.

Data show the Bureau of Land Management was more than justified in closing about 50,000 acres of Nevada rangelands to livestock grazing last month, a government watchdog group said today, reporting that the lands in question are in such poor condition amid extreme drought conditions that the damage can be seen from orbiting satellites.

A technical error resulted in dozens of pages of documents from the Republican Governors Association listing the group's secret donors appearing online in recent days.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund waded into Iowa's two open seat House races yesterday, endorsing Democrats in both contests.

A federal appeals court yesterday rejected a ruling that blocked an investigation into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) campaign finance activities, extending the case as Walker enters the final weeks of a tight race for re-election.

Attorney General Eric Holder, one of the longest-serving members of President Obama's Cabinet and a prominent liberal voice in the administration, plans to step down.

Backers of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are questioning the timing of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's decision to divest from most fossil fuel holdings.

Pebble LP is accusing U.S. EPA of a broad conspiracy to block the company's development of a large copper and gold mine in southwestern Alaska.

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