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Nearly 200,000 marine species have been identified as duplicates of other species, according to an analysis by the World Register of Marine Species.

Government lawyers today argued that timber companies cannot show tangible financial losses to justify their lawsuit over restricted logging access in the Pacific Northwest due to spotted owl protections.

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke out yesterday against Florida's alleged ban on using the word "climate change."

A group representing air regulators in eight Northeastern states is calling on U.S. EPA to set a more stringent national ozone standard.

PHILADELPHIA -- Shawn Garvin had two careers going in his early 20s: one in politics, the other in college hockey.

The Army Corps of Engineers is among the federal agencies strongly criticizing California's massive plan to retool its main water delivery hub, according to comments obtained under a Public Records Act request.

In what could turn out to be a historic success story for the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this week announced plans to review the status of four subspecies of island fox that have experienced dramatic population recoveries since being added to the endangered species list just over a decade ago.

California's landmark environmental law faces new scrutiny from the state's Supreme Court, not just once, but in nine different pending cases, part of a docket packed with environmental litigation.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing this week on a bipartisan measure introduced by Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and David Vitter (R-La.) to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act. It is one of two bills currently up for consideration, following the introduction of a measure by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) last week. During today's OnPoint, Andy Igrejas, director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, discusses the competing bills and the potential for a compromise within the EPW Committee.

In an effort to reduce the decline of hedgehogs in the United Kingdom, conservationists are creating the first-ever protected area dedicated to saving the prickly creatures.

Mumbai, one of India's largest cities, is running out of space to dump its ever-growing accumulation of trash.

More than 2,000 tigers, elephants, giraffes and zebras are on the verge of homelessness in Mexico following a ban on circus animals in the country.

Japanese utilities will decommission three aging nuclear reactors, their operators said today.

The New Jersey Senate pushed through a resolution yesterday calling for a court to reject Gov. Chris Christie's (R) controversial $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil Corp.

U.S. EPA has weighed in against what some call conspiracy theories that aircraft are leaving chemical trails in the sky.

An Indiana lead smelter has agreed to spend nearly $5 million in new pollution controls and civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

Efforts by Pennsylvania and Virginia to reduce the flow of nutrients into the Chesapeake Bay are falling short of goals for the massive watershed cleanup, U.S. EPA said this week.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has tentatively agreed to reopen all 144,000 Superstorm Sandy insurance claims as thousands of homeowners continue to battle insurance companies they say intentionally underestimated damages.

The federal government improperly shelled out a whopping $124.7 billion last year, a big increase over the previous year.

The Energy Department yesterday unveiled additional details about its new Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), including that it will manage the $25 million Technology Commercialization Fund and aims to "institutionalize" best practices that bring federal research into the marketplace.

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