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A draft letter being circulated among Senate offices urges U.S. EPA to get the nation's biofuel policy "back on track."

DENVER -- Efforts to roll back state-level renewable energy standards hit another roadblock yesterday, as Colorado Democrats rejected a measure aimed at reducing the state's current generation requirements. But opponents to the mandated use of resources including wind and solar power will still press similar bills in a handful of other states this year.

Hillary Clinton is making headlines today for using her private email account to do government business when she was secretary of State, putting her in the growing ranks of top Obama administration officials who have gotten in hot water over their email practices.

Environmentalists and a group of central California residents are petitioning state regulators to block a key carbon capture project north of Los Angeles.

Scientific integrity complaints skyrocketed at U.S. EPA last year.

DENVER -- The National Wildlife Federation is beefing up its field staff and intensifying its push to protect wildlife, restore landscapes and get Americans outdoors, CEO Collin O'Mara says.

Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria confirmed today almost 700 sick and starving koalas were euthanized in 2013 and 2014 as habitat loss leaves too many animals contending for limited food.

Nepal is asking Mount Everest climbers to take out the trash, threatening stricter enforcement of penalties to encourage mountaineers to clean up after themselves.

An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine killed at least one miner and trapped more than 30 workers, according to rebel and government officials.

The upper house of France's Parliament yesterday passed a weakened version of the French government's energy bill, threatening a campaign pledge made by President François Hollande to shut the country's oldest nuclear plant.

The head of West Virginia's wildlife section retired suddenly Monday.

A Minnesota lawmaker has introduced a bill that would overturn a moratorium on nuclear power plant construction.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency allows companies that release only small amounts of pollutants to decide for themselves if they need a permit.

New Jersey officials approved several expansions of the state's bear hunt yesterday as black bear populations continue to outpace hunting.

The Ohio House is expected to pass a bill this week that combats toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.

Wyoming took a step toward state oversight of its uranium mining industry last week with a swipe of Gov. Matt Mead's (R) pen.

Native American tribes are calling on U.S. EPA to lower the national ozone standard beyond the range the agency proposed in November.

As California enters what's expected to be its fourth year of drought, residents' water conservation efforts dropped sharply in January, state water officials said yesterday.

Guido Ghisolfi, a leader in the renewable chemicals industry, died yesterday, apparently taking his own life.

Bill Nye, the beloved Science Guy, seems to have changed his mind about genetically modified organisms after spending time with scientists from Monsanto Co., a company loathed by anti-GMO activists.

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