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Former BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward yesterday made a brief appearance at the trial surrounding the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster -- he just didn't do it in person. Hayward…

Ion Balint, a Romanian who goes by the name Nutzu the Pawnbroker, has been brought up on charges associated with leading a criminal gang, but he has received more attention…

The Board of Commissioners in Klamath County, Ore., has voted to drop out of an agreement that details how best to use the scarce water of the Klamath River. The…

Recreational fishermen have a new voice in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris Macaluso, a Louisiana native, avid recreational angler and part-time radio host, is taking a new post to speak…

Environmental watchdog WildEarth Guardians is suing the Interior Department and its Office of Surface Mining in an attempt to halt coal extraction at seven mines in four Western states. The…

The Commerce Department's Office of Inspector General says it welcomes a broad review of its efforts by the Government Accountability Office requested yesterday by Democrats on the House Science, Space…

The House transportation panel today cited the likelihood of sequestration tomorrow and a lack of budgetary guidance from the Obama administration as to why it could not provide colleagues specificity…

As the House Judiciary Committee began its first hearing of the 113th Congress on the Obama administration's regulatory practices this morning, Democrats reminded their colleagues that this is not exactly…

House members today clashed over how quickly the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should impose new safety rules in reaction to the 2011 Japanese nuclear disaster, with Republicans calling on the agency…

California's Fair Political Practices Commission is evaluating whether to investigate two real estate deals that a former state senator struck with an oil executive who contributed to his campaign. The…

With just a little more than 24 hours to go before sequestration takes effect, the White House Office of Management and Budget last night released its most detailed memo yet…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is objecting to U.S. EPA's method of calculating the economic impact of its rulemaking, arguing that the agency has overestimated job creation by using faulty…

If the idea that the battling parties in Congress might get behind a tax on heat-trapping carbon emissions is laughable, the tax's proponents don't get the joke. It won't be…

Second-generation biofuel producers are pushing back against the moniker "phantom fuels," a term that opponents of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) have tagged them with, even as U.S. EPA cancels…

Federal regulators voiced concerns yesterday with a California utility's proposal to restart a crippled reactor on the West Coast, at one point calling the company's data underpinning the plan "sketchy."…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this morning met for more than an hour with roughly a dozen Native Alaskans to discuss his pending decision on whether to allow a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

Pope Benedict XVI's legacy will include his attention to environmental issues, which earned him the nickname the "Green Pope." Benedict made environmental awareness a tenet of his tenure, urging Catholics…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The century-old laws that continue to dictate how water is apportioned and used in New Mexico -- and other parts of the West -- are increasingly outdated…

The Army Corps of Engineers has long looked for a chemical waste pit pictured in an early 20th-century photograph. It has taken nearly a century, but the agency finally found…

State and federal officials are continuing to evaluate how to handle six leaking waste tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, an official told Washington state lawmakers yesterday. Jane Hedges of…

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