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The Senate Appropriations Committee this morning approved the $30 billion fiscal 2016 spending bill for the Interior Department and U.S. EPA on a 16-14 party-line vote, as Democratic frustration with spending cuts and multiple policy riders boiled over.

After days of controversy following the leak of Pope Francis' highly anticipated encyclical on climate change, the Vatican released the official document yesterday. How politically significant is "Laudato Si"? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire reporter Scott Detrow discusses the societal and political impacts of the pope's text.

Japanese officials say they are determined to resume whaling in the Antarctic later this year, even as they struggle to justify the practice.

Popular California state beaches will soon begin to reopen after being closed last month due to an oil spill near Santa Barbara.

Florida is planning to allow more hunting, cattle grazing and other commercial activities in its state parks to make them economically self-sufficient.

This year's U.S. Open features brown grass in many places, the product of the event's location at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.

The wine industry in California's central coast region is thriving, but tensions are emerging over how to distribute the dwindling supply of water.

The National Association of Manufacturers released poll results yesterday showing most Americans are satisfied with their air quality.

The hackers who broke into the Office of Personnel Management's computer system had access to sensitive personnel information for a year before the breach was discovered.

The Center for American Progress is recommending that the Obama administration hike royalty rates for oil and gas drilling on public lands by at least 50 percent and allow regulators to raise the rate further when the price of minerals is high.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC this week demonstrated a key piece of oil spill response equipment before federal regulators in Puget Sound, as it inched closer to drilling in the Arctic Ocean next month.

DNA from elephant hair, tissue and dung can help pinpoint the origins of illegal ivory, according to a new study.

Scientists have often tracked animals in parks, but now they're putting devices on the people visiting them.

A $300,000 lawsuit has forced the U.S. Park Police to throw out a long-standing policy for pregnant officers that critics called antiquated and unfair.

The Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service in North Dakota is soliciting outside bids for its conservation work amid allegations of the agency's close relationship with nonprofit organizations.

Independent observers would virtually disappear from New England's groundfish fleet under a request for "emergency action" from the New England Fishery Management Council.

Amid stubborn congressional logjams, a small but notable number of former Hill staffers have begun technology startups aimed at helping the legislative process work better.

The majority of Iowa voters have a favorable view of ethanol, according to a new survey released by a group that's trying to make the renewable fuel standard a key part of the upcoming Iowa presidential caucuses.

Gov. Jerry Brown (D) picked a University of California, Davis, administrator yesterday to direct the state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling two weeks after the previous chief quit amid controversy over petroleum extraction and water safeguards.

California's strict environmental law would be suspended for some projects related to the state's drought under legislation approved by a state Senate committee yesterday and sent to the chamber floor for a vote.

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