Greenwire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) defended her support for the law President Obama is using to crack down on greenhouse gas-spewing power plants and accused Republican challenger Scott Brown of ignoring the threat and coddling responsible oil companies with lavish government subsidies in last night's final debate of the closely fought campaign.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appears poised to win re-election during next week's midterm elections, according to at least two recent polls.

In the race to win California's 24th District, eight-term Democratic Rep. Lois Capps and her opponent, actor and businessman Chris Mitchum (R), agree on one fact: They're far apart on almost every issue.

Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) may be the latest casualty of California's "jungle primary" system, as Democratic challenger Ro Khanna deploys his formidable war chest.

Competitive re-election bids are de rigueur for House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) -- it's just that usually he's dispatched any real threats well before Election Day.

Federal scientists are flummoxed by multiple reports and photographs of what appears to be a northern Rockies gray wolf wandering the Kaibab National Forest just north of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

Federal agencies today released updated plans to defend their operations against sea-level rise, more severe storms and other effects of climate change and to improve the carbon footprint and sustainability of the work they do and the resources they manage.

Employees at U.S. EPA and other key agencies overseeing environmental and energy policy have overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates when it comes to opening their wallets.

Wisconsin resident Bob Fisher had a ticket to ride the train. He ended up on a bus. Fisher, a retired planner from La Crosse, had planned to take Amtrak's Empire Builder eastward across the state to Milwaukee for a conference this summer. Informed that his train was running six hours late, Fisher disappointedly opted to make the trip on a motor coach chartered at the railroad's expense. For Amtrak travelers, such schedule-shredding snafus are becoming more common as delays push long-distance train punctuality to its lowest point in years, driving off customers and raising costs.

Tiger skins, elephant tusks, rhino horns and other illegal animal parts were set ablaze in India yesterday in an effort to discourage wildlife smuggling.

Brazil's government has approved 31 solar projects in a bid to jump-start the industry and diversify its energy sources.

Residents in northern Michigan who once recreated around the O'Neal Lake Dam are questioning state officials after the dam broke late last summer after heavy rains.

Hawaiian officials have arrested two Hawaii residents and charged them with trespassing after finding them taking pictures within 5 feet of a slow-moving lava flow near Pahoa, Hawaii, on Thursday.

A 1,000-mile pipeline that spilled 4,500 barrels of oil near Mooringsport, La., four weeks ago has reopened.

The Obama administration is hoping to release the proposal for its landmark rulemaking to protect waterways from coal mining sometime early next year, the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining said Friday.

The Agriculture Department agency that helps farmers engage in sustainable practices is preparing to launch a new division that will provide staff training to boost the adoption of soil health measures.

A report released by the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this year does not explain why the agency did not prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement when signing off on the first oil field development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a group of residents contends.