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A California appeals court has ruled that tiered water rates are unconstitutional in a decision that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) likened to putting a "straitjacket" on statewide efforts to combat drought.

Environmental groups filed suit yesterday to force U.S. EPA to review its decision approving the herbicide Enlist Duo in nine additional states.

The Supreme Court today ruled that federal law does not shield natural gas companies from state antitrust lawsuits stemming from market manipulation that led to the California energy crisis.

Indonesian authorities arrested a man on suspicion of using Facebook and text messages to find buyers for endangered wildlife, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to grow and sell marijuana from a large farm in Sequoia National Park.

Scientists in Costa Rica have yet to find the "Rainbow Connection," but they have discovered a real-life glass frog that looks strikingly similar to the song's famous Muppet vocalist, Kermit.

The European Commission warned Thailand today that it could face a trade ban if it does not take action against illegal fishing.

The Obama administration today announced the awarding of $3 million in federal grants to eight cities to help establish or restore parks and other outdoor recreation facilities in largely low-income, disadvantaged neighborhoods nationwide.

The Obama administration announced today that it will encourage commercial air tour operators to switch to quieter planes and helicopters at Grand Canyon National Park by providing seasonal relief from flight limits for quiet aircraft.

Sen. Martin Heinrich unveiled legislation today that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the ability to override a state's opposition to specific power lines.

What's the best way to get a speedier cleanup for a Superfund site? One Brooklynite's answer is to swim in it.

The Nuclear Energy Institute has signed up a prominent K Street lobbying shop.

U.S. EPA's proposed plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants would result in an increase in jobs economywide -- mainly because of a drop in electricity prices over the long term, according to a new report from the University of Maryland and consulting firm Industrial Economics.

The grid's federally appointed monitor said today that parts of the industry need more time to comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, but its latest analysis was unable to quantify how much delay is required.

For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court tomorrow will wade into the murky legal question of whether the government may "take" a raisin without paying a farmer for it.

The Obama administration today laid out a roadmap of policy suggestions designed to capitalize on a transformed energy landscape without losing sight of the overarching need to reduce its contribution to climate change.

The state agency in charge of determining the cause of Oklahoma's earthquake swarms announced today that it is "very likely" that the shaking has been caused by oil and gas activity.

Federal protections are no longer needed for a unique population of sage grouse along the Nevada-California border thanks to millions of dollars spent to conserve its sage-steppe habitat, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will announce this afternoon, according to a Fish and Wildlife Service official.

A Japanese court has ruled in favor of a nuclear plant hoping to restart for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Nineteen coal miners have died and two are still missing after the shaft they were working in flooded with water, the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency said.

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