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What policies and technology innovations are needed to help the United States achieve a balance of significant emissions reductions and economic growth? During today's OnPoint, Nicholas Bianco, a senior associate at the World Resources Institute, discusses a new study that builds on the themes established in WRI's New Climate Economy report, suggesting advances that could ensure a strong economy despite carbon constraints.

The demand for rhinoceros horns in Vietnam has decreased by 38 percent, according to a new poll conducted by Nielsen for the Humane Society International and the Vietnam Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

In an effort to curb the sharp decline of wildlife populations in Australia, Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt yesterday announced a plan to end the loss of native species by 2020.

John Sisay, the CEO of Sierra Rutile, a large mining company in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone, is keeping his fingers crossed. He's relieved to learn each morning that none of his employees is known to have Ebola.

Vernon, Calif., battery recycler Exide Technologies operated trucks that dripped acid- and lead-tainted liquid onto public roadways last year, documents show.

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, may be on the rise in Lake Erie due to climate change and invasive zebra and quagga mussels, according to a new report published in the journal Water Resources Research.

U.S. EPA has slapped the Department of Energy with fines of as much as $10,000 a week for a blown deadline in the cleanup of the Hanford, Wash., nuclear waste site.

A proposed $68 billion high-speed rail project was given the green light yesterday after the California Supreme Court decided not to review a lower court's ruling.

China's government is rolling out punitive measures for use against automakers that do not meet new fuel consumption requirements on passenger vehicles.

The European Union's executive has pushed back deadlines for investment and completion of renewable energy projects by two years, buoying its €2.1 billion ($2.7 billion) scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy projects.

Environmental groups today demanded that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission withdraw its approval of a controversial Maryland export terminal, arguing that the agency failed to comply with a key federal environmental law.

Federal regulators today revealed that they have launched three nonpublic investigations into "discrete market participant actions" that may have been at play when extreme, subfreezing temperatures seized the Northeast during last winter's polar vortex siege.

Oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported emitting more carbon dioxide last year even as they produce less oil and natural gas.

Patrick Juneau, the claims administrator responsible for processing payments from BP PLC's Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement fund, is pushing back against the company's attempt to remove him.

NEW YORK -- The Empire State's highest court today rejected an attempt by Norse Energy Corp. to reargue a June decision that upheld the right of cities and towns to ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing with local laws.

Pacific sleeper sharks may be contributing to the decline of Alaska's Steller sea lions, according to a new study published in the journal Fishery Bulletin.

A U.S. District Court judge ruled last month shortly before a settlement in a public-records lawsuit that revealing the identities of federal officials involved in an alleged cover-up following the unlawful trapping and death of Arizona's only wild jaguar six years ago did "not greatly advance the public interest."

Overfishing in the Russian Far East poses a threat to regional crab stocks, with some of that catch going to Americans, according to a report released today by the World Wildlife Fund.

Oil and gas platforms off the California coast are among the world's most productive fish habitats, providing three-dimensional accommodations to an array of invertebrates, plankton and fish, according to a recent study.

The oil and natural gas industry's fear that greater sage grouse conservation is interfering with energy production on public lands may be overblown, according to the backers of a new report that concludes most critical grouse habitat on federal lands is located in areas with low potential for development.

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