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Recurring floods and drought, more frequent weather events, sea-level rise, and melting Arctic ice top the Pentagon's list of national security risks posed by climate change.

Tension over climate change and natural gas exports bubbled over during day two of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's markup of a comprehensive energy bill, signaling roadblocks that lie ahead for the measure when it gets to the floor later this year.

More embarrassing details about sexual harassment at U.S. EPA spilled into public view today at a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill.

President Obama is prepared to defend U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan with his veto pen, even if riders come attached to must-pass legislation, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said this morning.

Following this week's U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that U.S. EPA should reconsider budgets for sulfur dioxide and ozone pollution in its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, what are the next steps the agency could take, and how could this decision influence future air cases before the court? During today's OnPoint, Thomas Lorenzen, a partner at Crowell & Moring and a former assistant chief in the Department of Justice's environment and natural resources division, discusses the ruling's implications.

Corporations are using legal permits in Cambodia to clear-cut forests at an "unprecedented rate," according to new analysis from the group Forest Trends.

Plans to turn the only mountainous region of Peru's lowland rainforest into a national park await approval from the country's Cabinet after a drawn-out lobbying effort by indigenous communities and conservationists, but the proposal has sat untouched since May, leaving advocates at a loss.

Australia may require pet owners to keep cats inside if they live near areas containing threatened species.

The waters of Rio de Janeiro, where Olympic athletes will compete next year, are teeming with dangerously high levels of bacteria and viruses.

The lasting drought in California is prompting changes in how developers build new communities, including in unlikely outposts for sustainable design like the Central Valley.

Beekeepers are now considered farmers under Washington state law, a change that will make them eligible for the same tax exemptions as other growers.

Flame retardant chemicals, ubiquitous in consumer products, are now showing up in the offices of key lawmakers working on issues of chemical safety, according to tests commissioned by an environmental group.

The Department of Transportation has received $9.8 billion worth of applications for this year's round of TIGER grants, or close to 20 times the amount of available money, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx said this morning.

Exelon Corp.'s Quad Cities nuclear power plant is likely to shut down in September, CEO Chris Crane said this week.

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking into a large, patchy oil sheen that appeared off the California coast yesterday, not far from a recent oil pipeline spill.

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Sharon Burke is joining the Pew Charitable Trusts' Project on National Security, Energy and Climate.

Nearly two-thirds of Californians believe the state's ongoing drought is linked to climate change, although that belief is split along party lines.

Hawaii will receive more than $15 million from a U.S. shipping company that spilled roughly 223,000 gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor two years ago, officials said yesterday.

The plight of endangered species will stand 33 stories tall on the southern face of the Empire State Building on Saturday as part of a "weapon of mass instruction" light show, according to event organizer Travis Threlkel.

A canoe-sharing service could connect points within the 72-mile-long Mississippi National River and Recreation Area starting next year, allowing visitors to travel through the park without a car.

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