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As part of its broader effort to protect jaguars in the Southwest, the Fish and Wildlife Service is using more than $200,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to fund two opinion surveys -- a novel approach to species recovery that FWS officials believe could help improve future programs aimed at conserving imperiled predators.

Utilities in Southern California must give ratepayers $1.45 billion in refunds and credits tied to the early shutdown of a failed nuclear plant, the state's regulator said yesterday.

The Bureau of Land Management has rejected a Spanish company's application for a variance that would allow it to build a commercial-scale solar power plant in the Southern California desert, concluding the project would negatively affect an undisturbed desert valley in ways that could not be properly mitigated.

The Obama administration today stepped away from a contentious rule that aimed to slash 2014 targets for ethanol and advanced biofuels. U.S. EPA conceded in an announcement it couldn't complete the rule during a 90-day review at the Office of Management and Budget and that a final rule wouldn't be ready this year. The agency will likely withdraw the rule from OMB.

How do oil and gas production sites rate on social and environmental responsibility? During today's OnPoint, David Poritz, president of Equitable Origin, discusses his organization's performance standards for oil and gas sites in Latin America and gives details on a Colombia production site that recently received certification. Poritz also discusses his company's plans to expand throughout North America.

Peruvian officials are investigating the deaths of 500 sea lions that washed ashore recently.

Chinese environmental activist Wu Lihong has been unwavering in his efforts to force the cleanup of Lake Tai.

An Oregon ballot measure requiring the labeling of genetically engineered food products is most likely headed to a recount as the "no" votes lead the "yes" votes by fewer than 1,500 votes.

State Senate and House Republicans say a ballot initiative passed this month in Florida to help the environment may take funding away from other areas like affordable housing and economic development.

As some cotton farmers wait for new weapons to fight the spread of harmful weeds, wineries near them fear the possible impact on their own fields.

Workers at the DuPont Co. chemical plant in La Porte, Texas, where four workers were killed last week, waited an hour before calling 911 to report an emergency at the plant, records show.

Colorado may join a growing number of drought-stricken states turning to wastewater to supply their taps.

In an attempt to preserve Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy reservoir, San Francisco will begin mixing its drinking water in 2015.

Waterkeeper Alliance is beefing up its rapid-response program to deploy staffers and local advocates to the scene of disasters affecting waterways like oil spills and hurricanes.

U.S. EPA last week said it would extend the deadlines in its regulatory regime addressing air pollution that crosses state borders, as well as adjust the pollution budgets that states must follow.

Seven states and the District of Columbia have fallen behind on Clean Air Act requirements for the nitrogen oxide standard, U.S. EPA said today.

For the first time, the cost of generating power from solar and wind resources is competitive with coal and natural gas.

Competition from natural gas and decreased demand for coal have hedge fund investors watching the coal industry closely.

Most Americans think U.S. EPA is doing a "fair" or "poor" job, according to a new poll.

Eyesore or opportunity, the three iconic smokestacks at a recently shuttered power plant are posing a problem to a small coastal California fishing village that is struggling to do something about them.

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