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The nation's largest federal worker union panned President Obama's proposal of a 1.3 percent pay raise for the government workforce in his fiscal 2016 budget request unveiled today.

Energy programs would receive a significant boost under President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget request, but steady or declining budgets for fossil energy programs will likely renew Republican criticism of the administration's claims of supporting an "all of the above" energy plan.

President Obama's fiscal 2016 Interior Department budget request would hike fees for oil and gas drillers and more than double investments in conservation -- proposals that are likely to stall on Capitol Hill.

President Obama has proposed to boost the overall budget for U.S. EPA for the first time in several years and to make reducing greenhouse gases a top funding priority.

President Obama's new spending wish list underscores his plans to plow ahead with ambitious and costly climate, energy and infrastructure policies -- and sets the stage for another year of fierce budget battles with congressional Republicans.

How critical is additional fiscal 2016 funding for U.S. EPA to the implementation of the Clean Power Plan? During today's OnPoint, Thomas Lorenzen, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney and a former assistant chief in the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice, discusses his expectations for congressional support of the climate and energy aspects of President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposal.

China will continue to research genetically modified crops while keeping them out of farmers' hands, according to a major policy document released this year.

The mayor of Sun Prairie, Wis., was bitten on the ear by the city's groundhog during yesterday's Groundhog Day ceremony.

Central Minnesota's forests are being cleared at a record pace for agricultural purposes, and local residents are worried herbicides are polluting local water sources.

A Republican legislator in Alaska urged President Obama to make New York City's Central Park the nation's next wilderness area instead of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

A new bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature would eliminate coal-fired power in the state by 2025.

Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have increased 3.8 percent each year since 1998, providing new evidence air pollution from burning coal is harming the ocean food chain, according to a new study.

The White House yesterday wrapped up a review of U.S. EPA's final standards for residential wood-burning heaters and stoves -- the first update to the standards in 27 years.

Uber is accelerating into the field of driverless cars and other advanced transportation technology through a new research and development center, the car service company announced yesterday.

The Chemical Safety Board's information technology practices could leave its data and electronic devices vulnerable to theft or network intrusions, according to a report by U.S. EPA's inspector general.

California investors and employees are profiting from the state's emphasis on green energy, with clean technology companies creating more jobs and investing more money there than in any other state.

Four nonprofits yesterday launched a joint venture to help the nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies committed to using certain levels of renewable energy.

A former U.S. EPA official is asking Mississippi lawmakers to defy the agency's Clean Power Plan, saying the results could be fatal if they do not.

Democrats in the Oregon state Senate kicked off arguments over a low-carbon fuel standard yesterday, ignoring protests from Republicans that the bill should be held until questions of ethics surrounding the Democratic governor's fiancee are resolved.

A Baltimore municipal panel is expected to sign off on a $317,000 contract to generate electricity from litter collected at a water wheel on the city's Inner Harbor.

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