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Major environmental groups are torn over a massive package of parks, wilderness and development bills that has been attached to the fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill, a bipartisan, bicameral measure that appears poised to pass Congress.

As Washington lawmakers consider extending clean energy tax incentives, how are states faring on their renewables policies? During today's OnPoint, Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Clean Energy Program, discusses a new series of policy briefs analyzing state clean energy economies. Cuttino also weighs in on the heated congressional debate over the production tax credit.

Vehicles 15 years old and older can no longer drive on the streets of New Delhi, according to an Indian court ruling that aims to clean the city's air.

Private firms will be paying triple the price to pump water in Zimbabwe as officials try to protect a rapidly draining resource.

E.U. officials today agreed on a compromise proposal to let countries ban genetically modified crops even if E.U. regulators have approved them.

Yukon's government must go back to the drawing board with its preservation of the Peel River watershed, the Yukon Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

An estimated 3,800 barrels of oil spilled into the Niger Delta in Nigeria following a failed oil theft, according to officials.

A breached oil pipeline leaked millions of gallons of oil into a nature preserve in Israel last night in what officials say could be one of the country's worst environmental disasters.

The Army is hoping to terminate its Nuclear Regulatory Commission license at the Jefferson Proving Ground in Indiana in a move that would leave almost 162,040 pounds of depleted uranium projectiles and unexploded artillery shells at the firing range there.

Scores of lawsuits filed against benzene suppliers shed new light on previously secret documents prepared by chemical companies in a bid to reduce their legal liability.

The Disney Wonder boasts room for 2,700 passengers, various musical shows with Mickey Mouse, a large movie theater -- and some of the most environmentally friendly sewage treatment in the cruise ship industry.

Italian olives have been ravaged by insects, severe weather and bacteria this season.

In an agreement yesterday, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. sold its Logan County Coal assets in West Virginia to Colorado Coal II LLC for $175 million.

The White House Rural Council and six government agencies have selected 26 communities in the Local Foods, Local Places initiative, which offers technical assistance to towns and cities that want to integrate local foods in regional planning.

Former Energy Department Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman has joined the board of directors at Venture Global LNG, a firm that's proposing to build a natural gas liquefaction and exporting terminal in Louisiana.

The former chief executive of the French nuclear manufacturer Areva has died two months after stepping down from his role at the company for health reasons.

New U.S. oil and gas resources and a rebound in natural gas prices last year combined to push the nation's proved oil and gas reserves to new highs in 2013, the Energy Information Administration announced today.

A former executive for BP PLC is fighting the charges against him as his March trial date approaches.

The Supreme Court on Monday will wade into the tricky issue of whether Amtrak is a private or public entity in a case that hinges on whether Congress granted it too much leverage in negotiating regulations that govern its performance.

Waterfalls in Yosemite National Park roared back to life thanks to much-needed rain amid California's prolonged, record-breaking drought.

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