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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this morning passed a bill by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) giving security agents faster access to federal lands within 100 miles of Arizona's border with Mexico, a measure that garnered strong bipartisan support despite opposition from environmental groups.

California regulators ordered urban water suppliers across the state yesterday to cut their usage an average of 25 percent, despite water districts' best attempts to loosen the restrictions.

U.S. EPA has sent its proposed renewable fuel mandates for 2014, 2015 and 2016 to the White House for review.

Could last month's hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan and weekly congressional hearings on the proposal slow the agency's pace on rolling out a final rule? During today's OnPoint, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) discusses his strategy for challenging the agency prior to a final rulemaking and weighs in on recent research citing public health benefits of the Clean Power Plan. He also says he is keeping his "options open" on a possible 2016 gubernatorial bid.

China is stretching beyond the traditional pollution sources in its quest for a smog-free Beijing.

Diesel used for non-vehicle purposes will have an additional year to meet new fuel quality standards in China.

A series of tornadoes that touched down southwest of Oklahoma City caused plenty of damage, flooding and some injuries yesterday, but no deaths, according to local officials.

Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a proposal to ban the construction of schools on toxic waste sites.

Hawaii lawmakers have given their answer to a debate currently taking place in Congress.

Industry groups are asking U.S. EPA to scrap a planned "fragrance-free" label for its voluntary Safer Choice product-labeling program, arguing there isn't enough evidence that fragrances damage health.

Radon emissions from Utah uranium mill evaporation ponds are up to 100 times above federal Clean Air Act standards, according to environmental groups and the nearby American Indian tribe demanding action of U.S. EPA.

The Department of Commerce paid $45 million to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. last year to settle a lawsuit that alleged the government misused trade secrets in its polar satellite program.

Facing billions of euros in financial losses, the French nuclear reactor manufacturer Areva is looking to lay off thousands of workers.

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. says it will stop selling Chinese-made laminate flooring while it conducts an investigation of its supply chain.

Environmental activists are using utility shareholder meetings this week to press their case against coal-fired power.

Tesla made big waves earlier this week when it announced a new battery designed to help store energy produced by solar power.

The Department of Energy is reducing the amount of government-owned uranium being sent into the marketplace in the face of mining-industry opposition.

Environmentalists filed suit today against California's attempt to address years of illegal wastewater disposal, calling the state's emergency regulations inadequate to protect groundwater quality.

Giant kangaroo rats were once abundant in the grasslands northwest of Los Angeles, but the endangered rodents are dying in droves as drought turns the Carrizo Plain into desert.

Researchers said one tiny Solomon Islands village killed more than 1,600 dolphins a single year for their teeth, which are used as both currency and jewelry in the South Pacific island chain.

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