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Federal workers bought more than $2.4 million in gasoline for their private vehicles using government cards that are intended only for official vehicles, records show.

The Coast Guard is unable to fully document how it decided to pick up 90 percent of the cost of replacing an Iowa railroad bridge owned by BNSF Railway Co., according to a newly released audit by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.

Oil producers in Kern County, Calif., have been dumping contaminated wastewater into hundreds of unlined pits that have no operating permits, officials found during water inspections this week.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced $8.7 million in funding for research to develop and improve the availability of biofuels.

Exelon Corp. is urging the Illinois General Assembly to price power-sector carbon emissions, but to do so in a way that won't make environmentalists happy.

A New York public relations firm sued Sharon Stone and her talent agency Tuesday for the actress's failure to show up at paid anti-Chevron Corp. appearances in Ecuador, the latest wrinkle in the protracted legal battle between the oil giant and environmental activists over pollution in the Amazon jungle.

New Jersey prosecutors have quietly settled a massive environmental damages suit against Exxon Mobil Corp., agreeing to collect about $250 million from the company -- a sum far lower than the $8.9 billion sought by the state.

Federal and state agencies are working on a plan to keep grizzly bears from going extinct in the North Cascade mountains of Washington state.

Authorities had to rescue two men accused of vandalizing a historic military structure who stranded themselves on a steep cliff in Golden Gate National Recreation Area yesterday.

The Forest Service today proposed allowing the Bureau of Land Management to lease more than 6,000 acres of coal for mining under Utah's Manti-La Sal and Fishlake national forests.

Democrats nominated New York City Councilman Vincent Gentile (D) last night to compete in the May 5 special election to replace former Rep. Mike Grimm (R), setting up a face-off with the Republican nominee, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan (R).

Lawmakers pondered reforms to the Freedom of Information Act at a House hearing today.

Midwestern lawmakers floated legislation yesterday that renews efforts to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.

West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley said legislation to regulate the disposal of coal combustion waste could come as soon as next month.

Two Idaho Republicans introduced legislation yesterday to protect parts of the Boulder-White Clouds region of the state as wilderness, but public lands advocates would still like to see it declared a national monument.

Congressional budget leaders today named a new head for the nonpartisan agency charged with determining the economic effect of legislative proposals.

Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) outlined his plan to stop a number of Obama administration initiatives, including the Clean Power Plan, during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a public interest organization, has brought on a new chief.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has an early lead in the race for the state's U.S. Senate seat, but half the state's voters don't know who she is, a poll released today said.

OXON HILL, Md. -- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) touted his environmental record as governor today at an annual conservative forum featuring the Republican Party's top 2016 presidential hopefuls.

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