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The Department of Justice won't challenge a federal court ruling that the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration violated environmental laws in providing loans to a large hog farm in northwest Arkansas.

With the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee set to mark up a chemical safety reform bill today, what is the future of the legislation and potential for final passage? During today's OnPoint, Roger Martella, an environmental attorney at Sidley Austin and the former general counsel at U.S. EPA, rebuts criticism to aspects of the reform bill, including pre-emption, and reviews standards. He also discusses how reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act could open the door for the review of other environmental laws.

Australia's decision not to participate in international protections of five shark species was made in deference to the recreational fishing industry, documents show.

A measure to crack down on lightweight plastic bags in the European Union cleared its last major hurdle this week.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced yesterday that state buildings will turn off all nonessential outdoor lighting at night in an effort to save migrating birds.

Oregon resident Kathyrn Rickard has tried to get state lawmakers to ban aerial spraying of pesticides, like the ones she and more than 20 neighbors complained about being exposed to last year.

April 28 is Workers' Memorial Day, which labor and occupational safety groups say should be seen as a call to action for greater safety reforms for employees.

Federal officials halved the maximum amount of fluoride that should be added to drinking water yesterday.

German car manufacturer Audi has teamed up with alternative fuels company Sunfire to produce a synthetic diesel fuel from air, water and green electrical energy.

Much of the $488 million in U.S. funding provided to Afghanistan's mining, oil and gas industries is at "significant risk" of going to waste, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has found.

The Department of Energy has billions of dollars wrapped up in credit subsidies for loans made to high-tech clean energy and fuel-efficient vehicles, according to a new report.

Tyson Foods Inc., the nation's largest seller of chicken, will no longer use "medically important" antibiotics in its flocks by September 2017.

The national laboratories are discovering that not all biofuel inputs are created equal.

The Energy Department today announced $75 million to advance efforts to turn sunlight into transportation fuel and another $2 million for enhanced geothermal systems.

A Vermont law that would require labeling of genetically modified food will remain intact for now as industry groups move forward with a lawsuit against the state.

A federal appeals court denied a request yesterday by a trucking association to reconsider a ruling that upholds a California air quality program.

For the past 15 years, the New England Aquarium has been using microgrants to protect the world's oceans.

In the woods of Oregon, there are hints that the decades of debate and lawsuits over forest management could be over to some extent.

Researchers and avocado farmers are employing an army of heat-seeking drones and dogs in an attempt to figure out how to fend off a fungal siege threatening the world's supply of guacamole.

The World Wildlife Fund has pinpointed 11 hot spots across the globe where it expects 80 percent of all deforestation to occur between now and 2030.

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