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The celebrated director of "The Cove," an expose on the slaughter of dolphins by Japanese fishermen, came face to face with House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop during a visit to Environment & Energy Publishing's offices in Washington, D.C., last week.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) office was the driving force behind the state's settling its environmental damages claim against Exxon Mobil Corp. last week for a sum significantly less than the state had initially sought, according to two sources familiar with the negotiation.

The Obama administration last year considered creating national restrictions on transporting explosive gas in oil trains but decided against it.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) called on state regulators this week to reject Exelon Corp.'s proposal to buy Pepco Holdings Inc. for $6.8 billion, warning the merged company would dominate the markets and push out competition.

Marine scientists from top universities and organizations are asking President Obama to stop planned oil and gas surveys along the Atlantic coast, pointing to seismic blasts that pose "a significant threat to marine life throughout the region."

A new Senate Arctic Caucus created by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) is working to add new members beginning this week.

The possibility that the northern long-eared bat could be added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species has sparked pushback on Capitol Hill.

House lawmakers from both parties introduced legislation yesterday aimed at improving energy efficiency at federal data centers and in residential and commercial buildings.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has been fair and friendly during the first two years of her tenure, but her department continues to make "dumb decisions" and her budget includes bad proposals to increase taxes and regulations on energy producers, according to House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah).

The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Monday to review a high-profile case on whether an Army Corps of Engineers determination that property qualifies for Clean Water Act protections can be challenged in court.

Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar defended the Endangered Species Act yesterday but suggested that it should be enforced more judiciously and revisited by lawmakers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu praised Hillary Clinton's stance on global warming and urged potential Republican presidential contenders to leave the "closet" and support action on climate change.

Twenty-five years ago, Congress required federal agencies to sift through collections and return Native American remains to tribes. Progress has been slow.

With the U.S. Geological Survey recently raising Oklahoma's earthquake count for 2014 by more than 20, the overall rate of earthquakes in the state appears to be on the rise. Is the increase connected to Oklahoma's oil and gas operations? On today's The Cutting Edge, EnergyWire reporter Mike Soraghan discusses his latest reporting on the regulatory steps being taken in Oklahoma as a response to the surge in earthquakes.

A documentary about China's air pollution that has gone viral has been taken down from major Chinese websites by order of the government, according to people familiar with the order.

Two indigenous tribes presented lawmakers in Suriname with an ambitious proposal yesterday to designate roughly half the South American country as protected rainforest.

Most steel producers in the coastal city of Linyi have shut down, apparently the target of a new Chinese environmental law to reduce pollution.

Chilean lawmakers are considering legislation prohibiting commercial activity on glaciers in the South American country's national parks.

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation is at LaGuardia Airport in New York City working to contain a fuel spill after a Delta Airlines plane skidded off a runway yesterday.

Florida lawmakers approved an overhaul of the state's water management and preservation system that could shift more costs to taxpayers, despite environmentalists' opposition.

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