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The chairmen of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and one of its subcommittees are threatening to use a "compulsory process" to get documents related to the Obama administration's controversial water rule.

House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is not happy with U.S. EPA's response to his recent subpoena and is calling for more documents.

The Interior Department is advancing another large-scale solar power project on American Indian lands in Nevada as part of an ongoing effort to tap into potentially vast renewable energy resources on tribal lands.

President Obama last night defended his administration's decision Monday to approve Royal Dutch Shell PLC to drill this summer in the Arctic, saying the company has taken unprecedented safety steps and federal regulators are battle hardened after responding to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

The House passed the military authorization bill today in a 269-151 party-line vote after attaching an amendment that would delist two federally protected species.

"Climate denial" -- with all its Freudian overtones -- has moved to the center ring of the linguistic fight over global warming. "Climate change has always been a kind of a framing war," author and activist George Marshall said. "If you can get out there and you can get your language inserted into the discourse, it's your ideas that dominate." Marshall and co-author Mark Lynas published the first reference to "climate denier" in a 2003 op-ed. They wanted the label to sting. It did. And it still does.

While Republicans in Congress say states should refuse to write plans for U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, state officials are nonetheless gathering in regional groups around the country to explore carbon-cutting options.

The Australian government announced plans last week to more than double the protected area near the Great Barrier Reef as the United Nations threatens to list the world's largest coral formation as "in danger."

Patsy Trevillion had an unlikely neighbor camped out in her backyard this week: a young black bear.

Scientists on Hawaii's Big Island are closely monitoring Kilauea after a series of earthquakes and changes in the lava lake atop one of the world's most active volcanoes.

Oklahoma lawmakers have approved two bills to end separate tax subsidies for the wind industry.

Just a small percentage of cars produce most of the traffic-related air pollution, according to a new study.

Indiana regulators' fight against a lower U.S. EPA ozone standard could come at a cost to children's health, many public health officials warn.

The 233-mile Los Angeles Aqueduct has stopped carrying water from the Owens Valley for the first time since 1913, a byproduct of the worsening drought.

The International Maritime Organization has set stricter environmental and safety rules for ships traveling through the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

For the first time ever, an Amtrak accident payout might hit the $200 million cap set by Congress.

What does "on-time performance" mean in the context of a 2008 law that sought to bolster the punctuality of Amtrak passenger trains?

Amtrak has resumed full service along its Northeast Corridor line in the wake of last Tuesday's deadly derailment in Philadelphia.

Canada is set to deploy tidal turbines that generate electricity in the Bay of Fundy after years of work.

A decade-long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico could continue for another century without intervention, according to government estimates obtained by the Associated Press.

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