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A panel of federal scientists is proposing changes to the food pyramid that would take into account different foods' impact on climate change.

The new head of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, John Cruden, has a long history with the department.

A convicted eco-terrorist released from jail last week says he was entrapped by a female FBI informant to whom he was attracted.

Bird rescuers in San Francisco are looking for the source of a mysterious gray gunk that has already killed 20 shorebirds.

The Dallas Safari Club has canceled its plans to auction off an African elephant hunt.

Wild honeybees could be vulnerable to diseases carried by commercially bred bees, according to a study from the University of Exeter published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

Western governors say they're not clear how congressional legislation delaying a federal listing decision on the greater sage grouse impacts ongoing federal and state efforts to save the bird, and they want Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to provide them with clarification.

The Atlantic menhaden is not overfished, but its numbers are still below historical levels, according to a new stock assessment that promises to rekindle a debate over how to manage the tiny forage fish.

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is promising supporters of his potential Senate campaign that he would serve only one term if he didn't make progress on environmental, economic and education goals.

As it pushes for tougher regulatory oversight of freight rail rates, Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE) has named lobbyist Ann Warner as its interim executive director, the shippers coalition announced this morning.

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has brought on a prominent K Street lobby shop.

For the second time, California farmer Marvin Horne will argue to the Supreme Court in April that the government is violating the Constitution by forcing him to turn over his raisins without paying him.

Nebraska farmers and ranchers have reignited state litigation over the constitutionality of a 2012 law that let the governor pick the route for TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline.

First lady Michelle Obama will host a sea-level rise researcher at the State of the Union address tomorrow, a signal that climate change will be a major component of the president's speech.

NIPTON, Calif. -- The Mojave Desert's gleaming Ivanpah solar plant is bright enough to make Las Vegas-bound air travelers and pilots squint from a distance of 60 or more miles. The 45-story "power towers" shine with sunlight reflected by 350,000 heliostat mirrors spread across an area four times the size of New York's Central Park. Receivers atop the towers heat to nearly 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, boiling water to turn turbines that crank out power for more than 100,000 houses. But that intense heat is incinerating birds.

Last week, the White House unveiled a blueprint to regulate methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, along with a goal of cutting methane 40-45 percent by 2025, back to 2012 levels. Did the administration successfully hit the sweet spot of adequate environmental protection while also addressing stakeholder concerns? During today's OnPoint, Marty Durbin, president and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance, reacts to the White House's methane proposal and talks about how he expects the president to address natural gas in his State of the Union speech.

Tokyo is gearing up for the 2020 Olympics by spending big on hydrogen.

After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, populations of large mammal species declined, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology.

Conservationists sharply criticized Australian officials after the government announced it would not join in expanding international protections for five migratory shark species.

India's tiger population grew by nearly a third between 2010 and last year, according to the government's annual survey.

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