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Federal judges this week rejected a cement maker's challenge to U.S. EPA's plan to reduce haze in the Midwest.

A British man is using an unusual tool to draw attention to conservation efforts in the Antarctic: a Speedo.

The first 100 wood bison have arrived in remote western Alaska where scientists hope they assert themselves as the first wild herd of North America's largest land mammal in the United States in more than a century.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials reported that a 10-year-old boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday after a 30-foot fall.

Bullet-riddled signs, charred picnic tables and "nonstop vandalism" have left Bureau of Land Management officials in the Billings, Mont., Field Office questioning further refurbishments on public lands.

The Forest Service is halting the proposed expansion of a uranium mining complex in eastern Utah following objections from several conservation groups and industry watchdogs.

The mining industry is doubling down on its opposition to the Interior Department's plans to reform the federal coal leasing program.

Researchers have pinpointed a new fault line near the epicenter of the 2011 earthquake that wreaked havoc on the nation's capital and beyond, damaging the Washington Monument, the National Cathedral and other landmarks.

A resolution proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Wednesday warns that poor and vulnerable women will disproportionately suffer from the impact of climate change and that millions could ultimately be pushed into prostitution as a result.

Republican Reps. Alex Mooney of West Virginia and Bill Johnson of Ohio introduced legislation yesterday meant to block the Interior Department's forthcoming proposal to protect waterways from coal mining.

Former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum yesterday slammed President Obama over his energy policies during a speech in Raleigh, N.C.

Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) comparison of climate skeptics to the 16th-century astronomer Galileo has some scientists crying foul.

The more educated a Republican is, the more likely he or she is to believe that news reports about the dangers of man-made climate change are overblown, according to a new survey released yesterday.

A top regional Forest Service official has cleared the way for a land swap that would allow private developers to build a massive resort project on private inholdings in southwest Colorado's Rio Grande National Forest.

When Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe visited Congress last week to justify his agency's budget request, he repeatedly pointed to the importance of supporting innovative efforts to conserve imperiled animals.

A key Amtrak supplier tacked on markups of almost 2,400 percent for repaired parts while the passenger railroad failed to collect millions of dollars in penalties due from the company for late deliveries, Amtrak's inspector general concluded in a recent audit.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid had a major impact on U.S. energy policy. The Nevada Democrat, who announced this morning that he would not seek a sixth Senate term, held federal energy regulatory agencies in a vice grip, threw up roadblocks to keep nuclear waste away from Nevada's Yucca Mountain repository and rolled out red carpets for renewable power in his home state.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid today announced that he would not seek re-election, setting in motion a leadership change for Senate Democrats and a fight for his seat in the battleground state of Nevada next year.

How are microgrids helping to shape the future of the electric power sector? During today's OnPoint, Ed Krapels, founder and CEO of Anbaric, an energy infrastructure developer, discusses his company's recent partnership with Exelon on a series of microgrids in New York state. He also discusses the transmission and infrastructure challenges that exist with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

Regional grid organizations, state officials and utilities of all sizes will tell federal regulators this week that the diverse mix of power resources and stakeholders in the central U.S. region demands special attention to ensure states collaborate on the Clean Power Plan.

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