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President Obama's nominee to head U.S. EPA's scientific research office started a new job at the agency this week as his confirmation has been held up for more than a year.

Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers headquarters pressured colleagues in the Pacific Northwest against a full environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed coal export terminal in Oregon, according to newly released documents.

The Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will develop a special rule under the Endangered Species Act to protect the northern long-eared bat while easing the regulatory burden on forest management activities, an indication the service may list the bat as a threatened species and not endangered as originally proposed.

Bioenergy production would boom and spur steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions if a global price is slapped on carbon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say in a report released today.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that manure from Oregon dairy farms poses a significant public health risk by contaminating water supplies in a decision seen as a potential precedent-setter.

U.S. EPA released the final version today of a critical scientific report that underpins the Obama administration's contentious proposal to increase the number of streams and wetlands getting automatic Clean Water Act protection.

As the president prepares to deliver his State of the Union address next Tuesday, the Senate's debate over its Keystone XL bill and related amendments is heating up. What is the future of the legislation, and how will the president address the pipeline and other energy issues in his annual speech? On today's The Cutting Edge, E&E Daily reporter Manuel Quiñones discusses the most heated amendment debates and previews the president's SOTU agenda.

Building solar plants over canals is an innovative next step in India's push to increase solar's contribution to the country's energy supply to 10 percent by 2022.

Contending with falling oil prices, Mexican officials say they may delay bidding on some oil and gas exploration projects.

A ballot initiative in Florida that would scrap laws prohibiting utility customers from buying electricity from rooftop solar companies could spell trouble for former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush if he decides to run for president in 2016.

Rail companies are hoping to derail a California state law that they say is encroaching on the regulatory domain of the federal government.

Maine's Department of Environmental Protection has proposed weakening a rule to require manufacturers to disclose which products contain certain phthalates, drawing an outcry from safety groups.

Both houses of the Republican-controled West Virginia Legislature have started working to repeal a 2009 law that would require utilities to use fuel other than coal for generating their electricity.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk said Texas is the "leading candidate" to host a "test track" of a futuristic high-speed transport system dubbed the "Hyperloop."

While the early stages of a hydraulic fracturing boom in Pennsylvania overwhelmed local regulators, counties that learned how to deal with the industry have since been able to mitigate its harms and take advantage of the benefits of development.

A couple from Dillon, Mont., was sentenced yesterday for taking part in one of the largest illegal takings of fish and wildlife in recent Montana history.

Bison advocates sued the National Park Service and Forest Service yesterday as federal officials began rounding up bison in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park.

The Fish and Wildlife Service found Asian carp DNA in 23 of 228 water samples collected from Chicago-area waterways in October, including one sample taken less than a city block away from Lake Michigan.

The relation between West Coast fishermen and their regulators has changed drastically in the years since the introduction of new rules governing West Coast catches.

The Forest Service has proposed a new management plan for one of the first national monuments President Obama designated under the 1906 Antiquities Act that seeks to balance increased visitation with preservation of the ancient Puebloan ruins at the site.

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