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California hunters will no longer be able to compete for prizes in hunting contests for non-game species, such as coyotes, following a decision yesterday by the California Fish and Game Commission to ban the rewards.

Environmentalists, loggers and local governments united behind Arizona's plan to thin overgrown forests in 2009, but permitting delays and contractors behind schedule keep the risk of devastating wildfire high and business owners lamenting lost economic opportunity.

The latest round of development proposals and ongoing contract disputes in the Grand Canyon have redrawn old battle lines.

Tricolored blackbirds will be considered an endangered species in California for the next six months after precipitous population declines prompted emergency action yesterday from the state's Fish and Game Commission.

Killing wolves to reduce predation on livestock does not work, according to a new study by researchers at Washington State University.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has listed 33 species as endangered or threatened in the past year -- and plans to add 23 more to its to-do list.

The Forest Service this week finalized a plan to keep roughly 100,000 acres in Colorado's eastern plains open to oil and gas leasing, but to forbid companies from drilling them from atop federal lands.

Left-leaning politicians are waiting to throw their hat into the ring for Anchorage, Alaska's mayoral seat until they see what U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (D) decides to do.

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell continues to campaign for her fellow Democrat, despite being a punching bag for Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu in her attempt to stave off GOP challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy in Saturday's runoff election.

In trying to persuade lawmakers to extend a key renewable energy tax credit beyond the end of this year, supporters are arguing the additional wind power it would spur could put a significant dent in greenhouse gas emissions and is a key piece of the broader strategy to fight global warming.

The federal government needs a new long-term approach to financing transportation projects, President Obama suggested yesterday as he drew an unflattering comparison between the condition of U.S. and Chinese infrastructure.

Global agribusiness Syngenta has appointed Jeff Sands as manager of federal government relations and industry relations for corn, the company announced Monday.

The Senate today confirmed two of President Obama's nominees to help lead the Energy Department, with several more to be considered over the next week.

A Senate confirmation hearing for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominee Colette Honorable opened today with chanting demonstrators protesting the commission's approval of natural gas infrastructure.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte says two years spent blocking Obama administration environmental rules without advancing alternative approaches to problems like air pollution would represent an abdication of lawmakers' duty and miss an opportunity to establish long-term policies that could have wide buy-in.

The new chairman of the small but influential climate advocacy nonprofit 350.org is promising to keep fighting the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline while expanding his activist group.

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) yesterday introduced a scaled-down version of their energy efficiency bill in a form that mirrors already-passed House legislation for one last attempt to push it across the finish line before the end of this year.

Efforts are heating up by opponents of the Obama administration's controversial water rule to kill the proposal using the must-pass spending bill currently being hammered out by appropriators.

U.S. EPA's officials will spend much of the next year trying to wrap up big-ticket rules and defend their work against critics, including newly empowered Senate Republicans. While EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will continue to be the public face of EPA's efforts -- and can expect to spend plenty of time testifying on Capitol Hill -- her top staffers will be toiling behind the scenes to try to make EPA's new policies legally bulletproof, conducting public outreach campaigns and running the day-to-day operations for the agency's more than 15,000 employees.

As international climate negotiators convene in Lima, Peru, to advance the discussion toward the next climate treaty, what role will the United States play in creating a draft of the final deal? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire deputy editor Lisa Friedman previews the Lima meeting and explains why Green Climate Fund financing could make or break a final treaty deal in Paris next year.

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