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The oil and auto industries were back in court today challenging regulations stemming from U.S. EPA's partial approval of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol, or E15.

The Supreme Court refused today to consider an appeal by electric utilities challenging U.S. EPA air standards for ozone.

A group of California farmers last week asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that upheld the Fish and Wildlife Service's ruling that California's water infrastructure threatens a small endangered fish.

An aquatic invasive weed known for clogging waterways like irrigation canals has made its first appearance in parts of the Columbia River in Oregon.

Washington state officials gave three volunteer researchers who spent long hours documenting and tracking wolves the chance to name their very own pack.

The supplemental feeding of Jackson Hole's elk herds in northwestern Wyoming could be having a dampening effect on their migratory habits, new research shows.

Governments aren't meeting goals to protect wildlife and plants as outlined in a biodiversity plan for 2020, according to a new U.N. report released today.

The National Park Service is debating whether to raise entry fees by $5 in both Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

California's record drought has led to a massive die-off of a genetically unique turtle in a Los Angeles County lake, prompting ongoing rescue efforts by state and federal scientists.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed threatened listings under the Endangered Species Act for a population of a member of the weasel family and the black pinesnake.

An Oregon man has become the third person charged and fined in drone-related cases in Yellowstone National Park, for flying his unmanned aircraft near bison in and over the crowded Midway Geyser Basin in August.

As the battle over a landmark Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan plays out in court, proponents are arguing that it's not just industry groups opposing the effort that have a financial stake in it.

Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) is in the hospital after being injured in a weekend car accident in Texas.

A new book that until recently was banned from publication in the United Kingdom accuses WWF International, the world's largest conservation group, of "selling its soul" to large corporations seeking environmental credibility for their activities.

The United Mine Workers of America is planning a rally in downtown Washington, D.C., tomorrow morning to protest the Obama administration's proposals to control greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Commercial fishing docks, an algae-based biodiesel facility and two local bars will be on the itinerary when Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) visit Rhode Island on Friday.

The political action committee fueled by billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer has launched a new ad in Florida attacking GOP Gov. Rick Scott and Duke Energy Corp.

Former Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard (R) waded into the fight over a Centennial State Senate seat this weekend, blasting billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer over his support for Sen. Mark Udall (D).

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) is hoping to boost another vulnerable Democrat ahead of the November elections, this time home-state Rep. Nick Rahall.

In a development that could upend one of the most bitter contests of the midterm elections, conservative political activist and sleuth James O'Keefe is out with a new video accusing Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R), of lying about her support for the coal industry.

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