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A federal judge yesterday returned a Louisiana parish's lawsuit against 19 oil and gas companies for long-running environmental damages to state court, setting a precedent for nearly 30 similar suits.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration violated environmental laws by providing $3.6 million in federal loans to a sprawling hog farm in northwest Arkansas.

Scott "Scotty Claus" Martin's Christmas trees are for rent, not for sale.

A Minnesota brewing company and the state Department of Natural Resources have starkly different approaches -- but a common enemy: invasive species threatening the "land of 10,000 lakes."

A Canadian government committee recommendation yesterday to list the beluga whales living in Quebec's St. Lawrence River as an endangered species has stalled a proposed TransCanada Corp. oil export terminal in the estuary.

Controversial coyote-hunting contests in California could come to an end if the state Fish and Game Commission decides today to ban the events.

A killer whale was born at SeaWorld San Diego, park officials announced yesterday.

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and environmental groups sent letters to Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell yesterday asking the agency to conduct an environmental analysis of a proposed predator derby on lands in central Idaho.

A new study has found that the fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats is almost exclusively transmitted among bats during hibernation and that applying treatments in winter could stop the disease's rapid spread.

Lawmakers today kept up pressure on the Obama administration to meet upcoming deadlines for a sweeping governmentwide data transparency law.

The Senate's top Republican tax-writer today dismissed efforts to phase out a key renewable energy incentive over several years, saying it lacks "credibility" and indicating that a brief renewal included in a larger stopgap tax bill expected to pass by next week would likely mark an end to the credit.

Allison Macfarlane's last appearance today on Capitol Hill as chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was marked with a lengthy grilling from a top Democrat and a partisan spat over Democrats' off-the-floor approval yesterday of a controversial NRC nominee.

It turns out Republicans aren't as cranky on environmental issues as some would like to think.

The cloud of toxic gas that leaked from a chemical facility in Bhopal, India, 30 years ago and killed thousands of people was a wake-up call for many of today's chemical security advocates, who say that despite promising early signs, there hasn't been enough progress to make plants safer in the decades since.

Bill McKibben, a staunch foe of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, is leaving the chairmanship of the climate activist group he founded, 350.org.

Industry and advocacy groups continue meeting with White House officials on U.S. EPA's proposed regulations for the disposal of combustion ash from coal-burning power plants as a Dec. 19 court-ordered deadline for the high-stakes rule approaches.

President Obama believes he can work with incoming Republican congressional majorities on reforming the tax code, upgrading crumbling infrastructure and greening the power grid, White House senior counselor John Podesta told a smart grid industry gathering today.

Second in a series on energy and environment staffers worth watching in 2015.

U.S. EPA was forced to play a complicated defense today in federal court as environmental groups, two states and a trade association challenged its air standards for chrome plating facilities.

Last year, Kirk Yamatani walked into a federal courtroom, expecting probation and fines as punishment for submitting upward of $35,000 in false reimbursement claims when he was a special agent for the Commerce Department's inspector general.

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