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The sale of a remote piece of land on Norway's northernmost archipelago has become a symbol of diplomatic tension between the country's government and China.

Environmental groups asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission today to freeze final licensing decisions for almost a quarter of the country's nuclear fleet until the commission fixes a flawed waste policy decision, warning that a lawsuit is the next step.

Rescue crews located the body of a California hiker yesterday along a riverbank in Zion National Park.

What could be Nevada's last greater sage grouse hunting season came to an end over the weekend. The Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether to place the Western bird on the endangered species list by 2015.

Yellowstone National Park's superintendent is ready to ask the public to pay more in order to access one of America's most popular national parks in an attempt to make Yellowstone more self-sufficient.

An Alaska federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit from developers of the Pebble copper and gold mine challenging U.S. EPA's efforts to limit the scope of the project.

A former Ohio congressman who was expelled from Congress in 2002 died Saturday, four days after he was injured in a tractor accident on his family farm.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) predicted yesterday that Congress could approve a long-term transportation funding bill in the final two years of President Obama's administration.

A battle over an Oregon ballot initiative to require labels for genetically modified foods is heating up and will likely draw in heavy spending by business groups.

Voters in Florida will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, to use a third of taxes collected on real estate transactions over the next 20 years to conserve land and water.

Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst yesterday clashed over climate change, environmental regulations and outside spending in a combative first debate.

Republican Stewart Mills is aiming to oust Rep. Rick Nolan (D) and flip Minnesota's 8th District back to GOP control this cycle -- but first things first: Let's talk about his hair.

People who want to put a proposition on California's ballot will now have more time to collect the needed signatures. It also will be easier to see who's funding a proposition.

Senior U.S. EPA personnel spent much of the summer briefing states about the agency's proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, according to new entries posted to the draft rule's docket.

Several prominent watchdog organizations told the White House today to stop interfering with the Freedom of Information Act process.

A talking point is like an elephant. It tramples everything, and it's almost impossible to stop.

Efforts to develop commercial-scale solar power on public lands in the California desert took a major hit late last week when proponents of the Palen Solar Electric Generating System project unexpectedly withdrew their application to build the first phase of the project.

Conditions contributing to the historic drought in California are "very likely" linked to human-caused climate change, Stanford University scientists said in a study released today, one of the first to positively tie dry conditions to global warming.

When the Supreme Court returns this week, its docket will be missing the high-profile environmental cases that dominated last term. There are no challenges to President Obama's greenhouse gas program for addressing climate change, nor is there anything on U.S. EPA's effort to clamp down on air pollution that drifts across state lines. But what it lacks in traditional environmental litigation it makes up for with personality and cases that -- while not directly environmental -- could set important precedents for EPA and other agencies. And the court could still grant a multistate challenge to a major EPA air rule for later this term.

Albania is borrowing $150 million from the World Bank to help fix its state-run power grid and pay for imported electricity from neighboring countries.

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