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U.S. EPA announced changes yesterday to its renewable fuel petition process aimed at reducing bottlenecks that biofuel producers say have stymied investment.

The boost in natural gas production over the past year should keep average fuel prices lower this winter and will allow suppliers to meet demand even if the weather is colder than predicted, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association 2014-15 winter outlook released today.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is appealing a ruling that would force it to pay pollution fines for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A group of nonprofit utilities this week petitioned a federal appeals court to reconsider its August decision to uphold Order 1000, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's landmark ruling that overhauls the process for upgrading the country's aging electric grid.

A federal judge upheld U.S. EPA's 2011 retroactive Clean Water Act permit veto yesterday of Arch Coal Inc.'s Spruce No. 1 mountaintop-removal coal mining project in West Virginia.

An influx of nonnative moths that have infested the greater London area is leaving people scratching more than their heads.

Wild horses are no longer the rare sight Utah rancher Mark Wintch remembers from his boyhood.

Warm water conditions in reefs northwest of Hawaii's main islands are causing bleaching in huge sections of reef, researchers said yesterday.

Pacific walruses are gathering in massive numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska, likely because they cannot find sea ice to rest on in the Arctic Ocean.

A group of New Mexico cattle ranchers wants a federal court to block the Forest Service from fencing off access to rivers, streams and creeks on federal grazing allotments in the Lincoln and Santa Fe national forests, arguing the agency has not proved that such steps are necessary to protect an endangered mouse.

A federal judge upheld yesterday the Obama administration's 2012 ban on new mining claims in 1 million acres around Grand Canyon National Park, an effort at limiting uranium extraction.

The League of Conservation Voters today named Minnesota Republican Senate nominee Mike McFadden to its Dirty Dozen list of pro-industry candidates.

House Republicans' campaign arm is knocking Maine Democratic congressional candidate Emily Cain's energy stance in a new television spot.

Democrats are touting accusations that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) worked to halt a coal preparation plant in Kentucky during his time as Jefferson County judge-executive in the early 1980s.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) warned today that energy-producing states could face a policy backlash if Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) fails to win her re-election bid, as the pair hit the campaign trail in an effort to boost Landrieu's campaign.

DENVER -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) and former Rep. Bob Beauprez (R) sparred over the cause of climate change last night -- as well as how the state should address carbon emissions -- as the two met in their second debate ahead of the November election.

Democrat Shenna Bellows is familiar with difficult political battles. A former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, she spent seven years helming an effort to legalize same-sex marriage in the state before claiming victory in 2012.

The American Gas Association yesterday named Terry McCallister, the chairman and chief executive of WGL Holdings Inc. and Washington Gas, to serve as chairman of its board of directors for 2015.

A vast majority of voters want government rules and regulations enforced, according to a poll released today.

Gina McCarthy wants more diversity in the ranks at U.S. EPA.

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