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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this morning unanimously approved a six-year highway measure in a step that juxtaposed lawmakers' hunger for a long-term transportation bill against their continuing inability to agree on a way to pay for it.

A Dutch court today ordered the Netherlands to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases 25 percent by 2020 to combat climate change in a ruling that environmentalists hope will set a key precedent around the world.

U.S. EPA will study the effects of two major herbicides -- including Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the country -- on 1,500 endangered plants and animals under the terms of a legal settlement, the Center for Biological Diversity announced today.

The omission of any reference to an ozone rider from the White House's veto threat of the House's fiscal 2016 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill is raising concerns among environmentalists over the Obama administration's commitment to updating federal air quality standards for smog later this year.

The nonpartisan U.S. Energy Information Administration found itself in the crossfire of a congressional war over the Obama administration's flagship climate rule today, with partisans on both sides of the issue using its findings to support their point of view.

Protesting taxi drivers blocked access to Paris' two airports and attacked the car of U.S. rock singer Courtney Love.

Even as Minnesota Republicans refuse to say that climate change is caused by human activity, conservative lawmakers have softened the tone of their skepticism.

Tribal leaders in an oil-rich portion of the Fort Berthold Reservation are imposing their own regulations on the industry, saying state and federal authorities are not doing enough to protect the lands.

A petition to expedite the government review of a common herbicide linked to monarch butterfly declines has been denied, the Natural Resources Defense Council said yesterday.

The more than 800 data servers that make up Silicon Valley's technology economy are struggling to quench their thirst during the record-breaking drought.

Los Angeles may lose access to a key water supply if levels at Mono Lake continue to drop, thanks to the persistence of coyotes that live there.

MARC commuter trains could soon be extended from Maryland into Delaware as officials from both states plan to meet next week.

Car manufacturer Ford Motor Co. is trying its hand at something new: car sharing.

Private companies were able to better access the Energy Department's national laboratories through a new pilot program, but their work didn't target new products for the market or ensure U.S. companies were the primary benefit, according to an audit by the Office of the Inspector General.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board yesterday finalized a rule that will provide for greater transparency and public participation at the struggling agency.

Subsidiaries of Molycorp Inc., the country's only rare earth elements mining and processing company, are seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the firm announced last night.

As Afghanistan suffered widespread blackouts from several avalanches this February, an American-funded power plant in Kabul remained dormant.

U.S. EPA this morning kicked off a public hearing in Kansas City, Kan., on a contentious proposal that would set refiners' renewable fuel mandates for 2014, 2015 and 2016.

A federal judge rejected yesterday Amtrak's attempt to recover $1.1 billion in losses from Superstorm Sandy from its insurers.

Deforestation and hunting have driven Madagascar's famed lemurs so close to extinction that none may be left in the wild within 25 years, a wildlife expert said.

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