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Domestic fish stocks are in better shape than they've been in almost two decades, with 16 percent listed as overfished, according to a new report from the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Freshman Rep. Rod Blum (R-Iowa) yesterday introduced legislation that would ban lawmakers from working as lobbyists after they leave office.

Environmentalists should adopt the politically aggressive style of the National Rifle Association in punishing politicians for not supporting actions to fight climate change, Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City, said today.

A pair of Senate Republicans yesterday reintroduced legislation aimed at U.S. EPA's requirements for refiners to blend cellulosic biofuel into petroleum fuel.

The 114th Congress has cast more votes on energy and environmental policies in its first 100 days than on any other subject -- dominating more than 30 percent of combined roll call votes -- according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation this morning to modify two new Obama administration actions -- U.S. EPA's coal ash rule and the Department of Energy's water heater standards.

A House committee hearing on President Obama's international climate commitment today veered heavily into the science of warming, as panel members argued about the role of human emissions.

The Senate late last night passed a bill that would provide two more years of payments to forested Western counties to help them fund roads and schools.

After vigorous debate, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee cleared legislation this morning that would deal a death blow to the Obama administration's controversial water proposal.

Carbon capture, utilization and sequestration efforts are a "scam" that benefits the fossil fuel industry while also jeopardizing global climate goals, environmental group Greenpeace said in a report released this morning.

The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee butted heads today over whether federal regulators are doing too much -- or too little -- to bolster U.S. nuclear safety in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered three reactor meltdowns in Japan.

The Bureau of Land Management has not asked the Justice Department to prosecute Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy or anyone else involved in an armed standoff last year with BLM officials who were attempting to round up cattle that were illegally grazing on federal lands, according to a government watchdog group that sued to compel the agency to release the records.

The Bureau of Land Management is developing comprehensive guidance on calculating the climate change impacts of mining oil, gas and coal from public lands, according to an internal memo obtained by Greenwire.

Is U.S. EPA's move to finalize its 2014 and 2015 renewable fuel standard targets by Nov. 30 a signal from the agency that it will work to address broader issues with the RFS swiftly? During today's OnPoint, Brooke Coleman, executive director at the Advanced Ethanol Council, talks about the impact of EPA's update on biofuels producers. He also addresses disagreement within the biofuels community on whether a legislative "fix" to the RFS is appropriate.

Hundreds of villagers in Vietnam blocked traffic on a major highway for hours in a protest of air pollution from a coal-fired power plant.

Fast-tracked mine approvals, tighter production and more flexibility in coal sales have helped India recover from last year's power crisis.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday appointed a new task force to update her country's environmental regulations, which the mining industry blames for holding up economic growth.

The stage has been set for the next battle in China's "war on pollution," with officials proposing to ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other contaminating industrial plants by 2016.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) said yesterday she will allocate $1.5 million to replace outdated wood stoves and fireplaces.

The Texas House easily passed a bill banning shark fin sales yesterday, but now the measure goes before the state Senate, where a previous iteration died in 2013.

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