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Fighting for votes in an increasingly purple Virginia, both Senate candidates used a debate last night to distance themselves from their party's most extreme wings on energy and climate policy.

In his newest attack against Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, GOP Senate nominee Dan Sullivan slams the Democratic lawmaker over the Obama administration's refusal to allow oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

West Virginia Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R) appeared to question the science behind climate change during last night's debate against West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant (D).

DENVER -- Colorado Republican Senate nominee Cory Gardner said last night he does not believe human activity is contributing to climate change, rejecting the concept during a public debate with Colorado Sen. Mark Udall (D).

The World Wildlife Fund has added Dentons, a prominent law and lobby firm, to its K Street roster.

Opponents of mountaintop-removal coal mining, plus a former employee of the U.S. Geological Survey, remain skeptical about the agency's decision last year to scrap its research on the human health effects of the practice.

Grid operators in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest staked a trail for demand response today that they say might avoid litigation expected in the wake of a federal appeals court's torpedoing of a key federal electricity-saving program.

A federal judge has dismissed Nebraska's challenge to U.S. EPA's proposed greenhouse gas standards for new or modified power plants.

Average vehicle fuel economy reached a record 24.1 mpg for the 2013 fleet, up 0.5 mpg from the preceding year, U.S. EPA said this afternoon.

BISMARCK, N.D. -- It might be a stretch to call a ballot measure "Ducks Versus Big Oil," but that's how many North Dakota voters will see their choice when they decide Nov. 4 whether to devote a portion of the state's oil tax revenues to conservation. If voters approve the measure, North Dakota would set aside more than $100 million each year to spend on land conservation, flood control and recreation.

A rare Siberian tiger released into the wild with the help of Russian President Vladimir Putin has wandered into China, putting the animal at risk of being trapped.

In a move that outraged environmentalists, the European Union yesterday confirmed former oil mogul Miguel Arias Cañete as its new climate and energy commissioner.

Thousands of clean energy jobs are at risk in Florida if state regulators approve proposals to cut energy-saving goals.

Correspondence between an aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and her husband, a top executive at a company behind a controversial gas pipeline project, was revealed in documents a court forced the governor's office to reveal after officials initially rejected a public records request.

Three schools in Huntington Beach, Calif., are closed for the rest of the week after a cancer-causing asbestos fiber was found at one of the campuses, officials said.

Environmentalists this week challenged a final plan to reduce haze pollution at one of the country's largest coal-fired power plants.

Matthew Godlewski will become president of Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) later this month, replacing Richard Kolodziej, who has headed the organization since 1996.

The expected cost of a second-stage environmental review related to improving passenger rail service from Washington, D.C., to Richmond, Va., is about $55.4 million, according to an official with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

U.S. EPA workers could start getting checks by the end of the year as part of an overtime settlement.

Threats against U.S. EPA employees, alleged criminal conduct by agency employees and cases of computer hijacking will all come under scrutiny from the agency's watchdog in 2015.

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