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Energy expert Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Inc. and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was awarded the first James R. Schlesinger Medal today by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.

Another top executive is leaving the National Wildlife Federation as the cash-strapped organization weathers significant personnel cuts.

The American Petroleum Institute urged U.S. EPA today to lower this year's mandate for ethanol below both the agency's proposed target and the levels that API itself requested last year.

President Obama did not create a marine sanctuary last week. Instead, he expanded a national monument that happens to be in the middle of an ocean.

A West Virginia oil and gas company pleaded guilty yesterday to rare criminal charges for wetland and stream destruction under the Clean Water Act.

The operator of one of the country's only working liquefied natural gas import terminals claims to have an answer to the notorious and complex electricity needs plaguing New England: more LNG.

Government officials' safety has been under scrutiny since major security breaches at the White House have come to light, spurring the resignation yesterday of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson. But officials at environmental and energy agencies say their bosses -- protected by their own staffers, not the Secret Service -- are in good hands.

Last month, Chevron Corp. announced the sale of its renewables subsidiary, following a trend by several oil majors to move away from clean energy investments. On today's The Cutting Edge, EnergyWire reporter David Ferris discusses the shift in clean energy strategy at several oil companies and explains how it is impacting the renewable energy industry.

A possible trade deal with the United States won't expose Europeans to weaker chemical protection laws, the European Union's top trade official is expected to tell environmentalists today.

A growing corruption scandal involving refinery construction payments with politicians could unsettle elections coming up Sunday.

West Virginia officials have tallied more than 46,400 aboveground storage tanks as the deadline approaches to identify the facilities, but the Department of Environmental Protection expects to find far more tanks in the weeks ahead.

The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East could be left with a hefty legal bill if state officials successfully block its lawsuit against energy companies for wetland damages.

The Oregon Health Authority yesterday lifted its advisory against swimming and fishing along a 10-mile section of the Willamette River running through downtown Portland, Ore., but still urged residents to exercise caution two weeks after detecting dangerous levels of toxic blue-green algae.

Tough state and local regulations have cut Southern Californians' risk of developing cancer from air pollution by 65 percent since 2005, but more needs to be done in certain areas where pollution is a persistent problem, according to a new report from regional air officials.

The Washington, D.C., area will be named in compliance with the 1997 annual standard for fine particle pollution, according to U.S. EPA.

Lamborghini yesterday unveiled its first-ever plug-in gas-electric hybrid vehicle at the Paris Motor Show.

The Department of Transportation has rejected freight railroad companies' bid to end a May emergency order requiring them to share Bakken Shale crude shipping information with states that they pass through, according to a Federal Registernotice published today.

Joe Main, head of the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration, said yesterday that chronic safety violators like the Upper Big Branch mine "are becoming a thing of the past."

An Energy Department site manager allegedly used staff members to fetch groceries, crunch bank records and run errands; accessed and shared an employee's email records; and retaliated against subordinates who spoke out, the agency's watchdog said today.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has delayed plans to drill offshore in West Africa due to Ebola, according to Chief Executive Rex Tillerson.

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