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A coalition of environmental groups today launched an ad campaign against four Republican senators running for re-election next year who oppose U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today will kick off a round of public hearings on its new stream protection rule.

Conservationists want President Obama to create a national monument off the shores of New England, asserting that the area must be protected before it's commercialized.

A new group opposed to lifting the nation's decades-old ban on oil exports expanded its campaign into five states today, targeting key bipartisan senators ahead of possible votes this month as Congress returns from August recess.

Early this year, Gary, Ind., Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson was among several local officials who urged U.S. EPA to set a more stringent national ambient air quality standard for ozone.

A research vessel from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration violated environmental laws when staff "intentionally and repeatedly" discharged untreated bilgewater into coastal waters, according to the Commerce Department's inspector general.

The big winners or losers in the ongoing debate over whether to ease existing restrictions on crude oil exports would be not American drivers but the nation's refiners, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a study released today.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- President Obama landed in Alaska yesterday, painting an apocalyptic picture of the devastating conditions in store for the state's coastal communities and other vulnerable parts of the world if international leaders don't take immediate action to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

Indigenous protesters seized 11 wells and an airfield serving an oil field in the Peruvian Amazon and are now looking to halt oil production in another block of rainforest.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. will use drones to fight oil theft, a company official said.

Olympic officials have vowed that water quality at the sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro will be cleaned up in time for the games there next year.

A United Nations group announced yesterday that Guinea's former wildlife director was arrested last month over accusations of trafficking chimpanzees and other endangered wildlife out of the West African nation.

California Democratic Assemblyman Henry Perea, a moderate, may prove a thorn in the side of more liberal officials who want to implement new climate regulations.

Attempting to land an initiative on California's ballot will now be more expensive.

The University of Tulsa is cleaning up what officials say is a minor spill of a radioactive chemical.

A possibly dangerous amoeba has been found in a private water system in Louisiana, though authorities stressed that the water was safe to drink.

A new study led by Duke University researchers is warning regulators about the potential public health risks of radioactivity in coal combustion waste.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- There were no signs and no megaphones among the throng of nearly 50 people who gathered here last night for the first public hearing on the Interior Department's long-awaited stream protection rule. But the crowd still offered an unmistakable message: It needs work.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced it is seeking applicants for $10 million in grants to improve safety on routes plied by trains carrying oil and other flammable energy products.

Hillary Clinton isn't the only federal employee who has used personal email for work.

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