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A top legal aide to Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) during the time he crafted a bipartisan bill to update federal regulation of toxic chemicals has joined the chemical industry's leading trade group.

A top environmental ally in the House is under attack from green groups for supporting the controversial trade bill moving through Congress this week.

Washington state dairies and environmental groups unveiled the details of a settlement agreement yesterday that will require the farms to take more precautions to protect local water supplies.

Some state regulators are pushing back against the findings in the American Lung Association's recent report on the state of the nation's air quality.

SAN DIEGO -- On a street called Reclamation Way, Brent Eidson of the city utility department walked past a wall of white tubes filled with murky water. Inside the canisters, liquid streamed through bundles of fibers filtering out viruses and bacteria.

Federal judges today lost all patience with U.S. EPA when considering why it has taken more than 30 years to fulfill a congressional mandate requiring large industries like hardrock mining to assure the agency they can cover the cost of cleaning up their pollution.

How could the Obama administration's recent actions on fracking regulations and Arctic drilling affect investments in the oil and gas sector? During today's OnPoint, Tim Wigley, president of the Western Energy Alliance, discusses the ongoing friction between federal and state governments on how to proceed with oil and gas regulations. He also talks about his organization's lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management on recent federal land fracking regulations.

A man who allegedly chased a bear with a hatchet while drunk prompted a very specific Facebook post from a Massachusetts police department.

Chemical facilities can apply for faster reviews of security procedures under a new regulatory guidance from the Department of Homeland Security.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the latest company to come under fire for sourcing its bottled water from California as the state copes with continuing drought.

One in three Americans live in areas that experience both unhealthy levels of ozone and ragweed pollen, and climate change will only increase their vulnerability, according to a new report today by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

An Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia last night, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more (see related story).

The Department of Energy's inspector general has found that the National Nuclear Security Administration has failed to get a modern security system up and running at a key agency site, leading to millions of dollars in added taxpayer expense.

The Farm Foundation announced an initiative today aimed at helping livestock producers transition away from the routine use of antibiotics that are important for human medicine.

Enbridge Energy has agreed to pay a $75 million settlement for a 2010 incident that spilled 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River and Talmadge Creek in Michigan.

Federal documents indicate a new company will drill into the Macondo reservoir, the Gulf of Mexico oil reserve that was the source of the nation's largest offshore oil spill following a deadly rig explosion five years ago.

Former Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman won a massive pay raise when he started his new job as president of a troubled uranium enrichment company that he helped win funding for during his tenure at DOE.

Environmental groups have launched a two-front attack on a U.S. EPA rule that sets requirements for states to meet the 2008 air quality standard for ozone.