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Robert Murray, CEO of coal mining company Murray Energy Corp., offered one of the most direct rebuttals to Pope Francis' encyclical on climate change yesterday.

Dozens of Colorado businesses and groups are distancing themselves from environmental advocacy group WildEarth Guardians over litigation against approvals for a strip coal mine.

U.S. Catholics of all political stripes are somewhat more likely to believe in man-made climate change and to worry about it than non-Catholics of the same political persuasion, according to two separate sets of survey data released this week by the Pew Research Center and Yale and George Mason universities.

The Interior Department is celebrating the 15th anniversary of a massive but often overlooked conservation program whose purpose and relevance is under fire on Capitol Hill.

U.S. EPA today unveiled proposed regulations that would tighten fuel efficiency standards to significantly cut carbon emissions from tractor-trailer rigs and other heavy- and medium-duty vehicles by 2027.

As the state ranked second in the United States for solar rooftop installations, how do Arizona's policies on solar affect the rest of the country? During today's OnPoint, Arizona state Sen. Debbie Lesko (R) discusses the need to protect consumers in rooftop solar lease and purchase agreements and weighs in on attempts in Arizona to increase grid access fees and reduce rates for excess energy for rooftop solar customers. She also explains what steps her state is taking to prepare a compliance mechanism for U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

Today, E&E Publishing is adding a robust section to the Power Plan Hub, a curated, singular place for resources that assist stakeholders wrestling with compliance issues associated with U.S. EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan.

Germany's plan to store nuclear waste has drawn criticism from Bavaria, which does not want any of the material.

Chile's national forestry agency announced plans Friday to plant almost 240,000 acres of native forest to fight desertification and erosion stemming from climate change.

An oil spill near the coast of Brazil appears to have contaminated a wetland area and leaked into the Atlantic Ocean, according to officials.

Recyclers across the company are losing money, with more than 2,000 municipalities paying to dispose of their recyclables, a reversal from past practices.

Air Force and Air Force Reserve veterans who may have been exposed to the toxic Agent Orange following the Vietnam War will now be able to file for financial compensation and disability claims.

The jury is still out on how different farming practices affect the watersheds of Lake Erie, according to a recent study.

As California municipalities struggle to use 25 percent less water by next year, one city is far ahead of the pack.

The Agriculture Department is making $17.5 million available to states, local communities, tribes and nongovernmental organizations to restore wetlands on private lands.

The winners of a federal wind energy lease auction have begun surveying the Atlantic Ocean floor near Ocean City, Md., as part of a first step toward building a wind farm there.

Two Florida agencies have markedly different approaches to how they communicate about climate change, and that may have to do with how they are governed.

As global warming thaws ice and snow around the world, debris and corpses that have been trapped for decades are being revealed.

Environmental and conservation groups are suing the Fish and Wildlife Service over permitting for what could become one of the world's largest copper and silver mines in Montana's Cabinet Mountains.

The Supreme Court today declined an appeal by conservationists claiming Texas' water management unlawfully threatened endangered whooping cranes.

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