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Analysts who believe the electric industry is well-equipped to comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan want the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take on a larger role in ensuring states tackle problems in a timely manner.

BETHESDA, Md. -- A retired federal scientist has been trying to import "Spirit," a 2-foot-tall Inuit sculpture carved from ancient whalebone he bought in Toronto for $100,000. But despite the aid of art consultants, lawyers, members of Congress and $10,000 in lobbying expenses last year, that authorization has so far remained elusive due to Endangered Species Act permit rules.

Are market-based approaches to complying with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan in line with the environmental goals established by the agency? During today's OnPoint, Bob Perciasepe, former deputy administrator of EPA and now president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, and Martha Rudolph, director of environmental programs at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discuss the options and challenges facing states as they work to prepare compliance plans for the Clean Power Plan.

Colorado Republicans are jumping into a GOP-driven fray in Western states to assert more state control over federal lands.

Former "Star Trek" star William Shatner has a solution for California's drought: a pipeline to the Pacific Northwest to tap into their water.

At least 500 farmers in the United Kingdom developed health problems after using organophosphate-based chemicals to protect sheep that the government knew posed safety risks.

The federal government has done little to assess whether public school systems are complying with asbestos management requirements, according to a report released today by the Environmental Working Group.

U.S. EPA officially removed an historic smelting center in Utah from its Superfund list recently, nearly a half century earlier than anticipated.

Maryland regulators have proposed "emergency" regulations to reduce smog-forming air emissions from coal-fired power plants.

U.S. EPA released factors yesterday for measuring air pollution from the chemical manufacturing and refinery sector.

The Department of Agriculture will cull invasive caribou on a remote Aleutian island within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge next month.

Rail programs need the same kind of dependable pipeline of federal money that highways and transit have long enjoyed, a senior official with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) reiterated yesterday.

The Pentagon is honoring nine individuals, teams and installations for their conservation, environmental quality and sustainability efforts with this year's Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, it announced today.

The advocacy group Just Label It has launched a campaign to oppose legislation that would prevent state-led efforts for labeling genetically engineered foods.

Several environmental groups are objecting to a Forest Service plan to allow the leasing of almost 60 million tons of coal for mining under Utah's Manti-La Sal and Fishlake national forests.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A string of earthquakes near Azle, Texas, was mostly likely caused by a combination of shale gas production and wastewater disposal, researchers from Southern Methodist University concluded in a peer-reviewed study released today.

Climatologists joined the ranks of NASA scientists searching for life on other planets as the space agency launched its Nexus for Exoplanet System Science program yesterday, aiming to find more Earth-like worlds.

One lane is all that's left of the only road into and out of Isle de Jean Charles.

The Obama administration announced plans today to boost federal cooperation with local partners to prepare four major landscapes for sea-level rise, drought, wildfires, invasive species and other effects of climate change.

The Audubon Society of Portland, Ore., has filed a lawsuit to save the lives of more than 10,000 double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River Estuary.

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