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Scientists should consider developing "genetically superior corals" that can better withstand ocean acidification, according to a new paper in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Obama administration is asking Congress to nearly triple the amount of money dedicated to wildlife trafficking law enforcement, a Fish and Wildlife Service official confirmed yesterday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would get an almost $30 million boost for its efforts to protect endangered species under the White House budget proposal released Monday.

Of all his climate-related budget requests, President Obama's proposal to send $500 million to a U.N. global warming fund is widely seen by activists as critical to U.S. leadership in climate treaty talks in Paris in December.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) today reintroduced legislation to raise federal fuel taxes by 15 cents over three years.

A strange-bedfellow coalition of interest groups today pledged support for legislation that would reform the federal renewable fuel standard.

Republican lawmakers clashed sharply with Obama administration officials today at a packed joint hearing on their controversial Clean Water Act proposal.

The coal industry is pointing at the Department of Energy's decision to scrap the FutureGen 2.0 project as evidence against the viability of U.S. EPA's proposal to require carbon capture technology for all new coal-fired power plants.

The U.S. government, one of the largest energy consumers in the world, is using the lowest amount of fuel in the past 40 years, although energy bills hit $24 billion in 2013, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration analysis released today.

National environmental groups today blasted an Obama administration proposal to divert more than $3 billion in future oil and gas revenues due to Gulf Coast states to pay for land conservation, rural counties, wildlife grants, coastal restoration or other "national priorities," warning that such a move would stymie coastal restoration projects in Louisiana.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its former chairman shared sensitive -- but not likely classified -- information about hypothetical attacks on the electric grid without the proper clearance, sparking concerns about terrorist attacks on the power system, according to a report released today by the Department of Energy's inspector general.

A Vermont college is searching for a missing Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor that was reported missing from its cage Tuesday.

A West Virginia Senate committee is expected to vote this week on an industry push to roll back drinking water protections for rivers and streams in the state.

Environmental groups are sounding the alarm about Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) plan to manage pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, saying the governor doesn't understand the environmental problems facing the region and is deferring to business interests.

Eleven cars of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed yesterday morning near Dubuque, Iowa.

A report released today blames the decline of monarch butterflies on pesticides and pesticide-resistant crops produced by Monsanto Co.

Leaders of 11 environmental groups are urging President Obama to ban pesticides linked to bee deaths.

Accidents at railroad crossings have been in decline across the country, but not in the New York region.

Federal officials yesterday announced an inspection of safety conditions on Washington, D.C., subways after a fatal accident last month.

Lawmakers in West Virginia are moving forward with proposed changes to a chemical storage bill passed last year that could exempt thousands of tanks from regulation.

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