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In recent years, North Dakota has been ranked as one of the country's most conservative states, but a new poll reveals political ideology may be shifting in the Peace Garden State.

CSX Corp., the owner of the oil train that exploded in West Virginia on Monday, has spent millions of dollars on lobbying and political donations in recent years.

The Canadian government's Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development agency has donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation, according to records available online.

It didn't take long for some supporters of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to highlight this week's train derailment in West Virginia as evidence of the need for the project.

Industry and environmental groups released competing reports on grid reliability this week, continuing to jockey for a chance to sway U.S. EPA as it prepares to finalize the Clean Power Plan this summer.

Federal grid overseers today began the complex process of wading through technical and legal solutions for what some states and system operators have flagged as concerns with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu said his "biggest mistake" during his four years in the Obama administration was deferring to nonscientific "experts" when he started the job.

Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) formally resigned yesterday amid allegations of public corruption and questions over whether his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, used her position as an adviser on energy issues for personal gain. But whether Republicans can successfully push the scandal beyond the Beaver State's borders and make it a key issue in the 2016 election cycle remains to be seen.

FLINT, Mich. -- In 1994, activists opposing the construction of a wood-fired power plant here asked U.S. EPA for help, arguing the project would spew toxic pollutants into their poor, largely African-American neighborhood. At issue: Would granting a permit to the power plant violate the community's civil rights? Twenty-one years later, the Genesee Power Station's smokestacks are puffing away, and its neighbors are still waiting for an answer.

Following yesterday's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference on U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, is there any more clarity on exactly what FERC's role is, or could be, on EPA's regulations? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Hannah Northey discusses questions on infrastructure and a reliability safety valve emerging from the meeting.

Plans for thousands of new dams in the Balkans have environmentalists worried about preserving the unique wild waterways there.

Seven people have been arrested in India on suspicions they stole classified government documents and sold them to energy companies.

Part of western Maricopa County, Ariz., has been added to a quarantine area for a citrus pest, which could threaten part of the state's $37 million citrus industry.

A chemical safety bill that would restrict the use of pesticides near schools was killed in committee yesterday.

State lawmakers in Texas filed legislation yesterday that would enable Tesla Motors Inc. to sell its electric cars in 12 Texas stores.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) has asked the state Legislature to pass legislation banning microbeads.

North Dakota lawmakers have taken action on a handful of energy-related bills this week.

After halting new chicken manure regulations, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) plans to propose his own revised regulations on the heated topic.

A top industry group is asking the Consumer Product Safety Commission to extend the public comment period on proposed new phthalate restrictions as it continues to claim procedural problems in a long-delayed study of the chemicals.

Federal officials yesterday alleged that foreign producers brought more than 730 small vehicles and equipment that were in violation of the Clean Air Act into the United States through California ports.

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