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A panel of real estate lawyers and developers made the case for legislation supporting the transfer of federal lands to state ownership yesterday by claiming that it could eliminate the federal debt and reduce the threat of terrorism.

Congress agreed on a nearly trillion-dollar farm bill in January, after more than a year's delay and seemingly endless debate.

The petroleum industry might accept U.S. EPA rules to reduce methane depending on how the agency goes about it, industry advocates said yesterday.

A coalition of mining and ranching groups and Nevada counties has filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration, claiming a pair of sweeping 2011 legal settlements with two environmental groups violates the Endangered Species Act because it limits the federal government's options to manage the imperiled greater sage grouse.

Grid operators and energy companies concerned about U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan may get a rare Democratic ally on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Arkansas regulator Colette Honorable.

Nearly a quarter of the purified drinking water tested by the China Food and Drug Administration was found to be substandard and containing excessive levels of bacteria, the agency said today.

Facing a projected $2.2 billion deficit, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are hoping to keep a land stewardship program out of the next round of upcoming budget cuts.

Law enforcement officials in West Virginia and other states are looking to the vast realms of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to bust poachers who overshare their illegal prizes.

Michigan lawmakers are seeking to protect wind farm developers from "nuisance" lawsuits with a new bill in the state Legislature.

Chemical industry giant DuPont Co. claimed to have no workplace safety accidents for a decade until 2004 but has faced renewed safety struggles since 2007 -- including the death of four workers at a Texas plant last month.

U.S. EPA has proposed spending $23 million to clean up a former burn pit in St. Louis, Mich., that is contaminated with toxic chemicals.

Attorneys general of two Midwestern states are joining pro-biofuel groups in complaints that a recent vehicular emissions model unfairly characterizes ethanol's impact on air quality.

New Mexico regulators fined the U.S. government more than $54 million after finding 37 violations at a nuclear waste facility in the state.

U.S. EPA hasn't been properly managing its belongings in warehouses around the country and could save nearly $9 million by keeping better tabs on its property, according to a new report.

The ex-wife of Oklahoma oil tycoon Harold Hamm on Friday appealed for a larger divorce settlement after being awarded $972 million -- a small fraction of her former husband's wealth.

Canadian Solar Inc. is set to purchase the U.S.-based solar energy development unit of the Japanese company Sharp Corp.

Six mine workers inhaled uranium while cleaning up a spill last year, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

U.S. EPA kicked off its Energy Efficiency Action Week today by launching a new online energy efficiency tool to help homeowners.

Clothes washers for laundromats and other commercial use are set to save owners up to $532 million and cut 1.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the next three decades under a new energy efficiency standard finalized by the Energy Department last week.

Australian researchers reached a new efficiency record for converting sunlight into energy using commercial solar technology that beats fossil fuel power plant performances, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales.

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