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The House's top two watchdogs want a thorough investigation of allegations of sexual harassment and employee retaliation at U.S. EPA.

A pair of House Democrats is backing legislation released by the Obama administration that would pump more than $1 billion into the National Park Service to honor its 100th anniversary next year.

A bill to overhaul how the nation budgets for wildfire is the most bipartisan piece of legislation before the House Natural Resources Committee and should promptly receive a vote, according to an analysis released today by a Western conservation group.

Texas' top oil and gas regulator is arguing for the status quo as it faces its third round of legislative reauthorization in four years.

The White House's top sustainability official has left for a new gig at tech giant Google.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) plans to provide a first look today at the energy policies he would pursue if elected to the White House, including a repeal of the crude oil export ban and a vow to give states greater power to regulate energy production within their boundaries.

President Obama will wind up his historic three-day trip to Alaska today by providing millions of dollars in federal funding and assistance to help the state's Native communities grapple with climate change and high energy costs.

Denali, North America's tallest mountain, which was known as Mount McKinley until last week, is 10 feet shorter than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said today.

A federal judge threw out yesterday the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The Obama administration and 13 states sparred yesterday over whether a federal judge should expand his order halting U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' controversial water rule nationwide.

Meet Brian Deese, a 37-year-old White House insider and budget wonk charged with cementing President Obama's environmental legacy. He's a quick study who's got the president's trust, but can he fill the shoes of the administration's former green guru, John Podesta?

Ongoing civil war in Syria has put the country's water network at risk of collapse, making deadly cholera or typhoid outbreaks likely, the International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday.

The increase in tanker cars carrying hazardous materials like oil and gas has cities across the country rushing to put together emergency management plans and train firefighters in case of an accident.

A recall of 6,000 defective railroad tank cars meant to be completed by May 12 has been extended until the end of the year.

A recently approved congressional rescue package will keep the Highway Trust Fund in the black through the end of next June, according to a Department of Transportation forecast.

A Galveston sewage plant was forced to dump 75,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into Offatts Bayou following heavy rains in the city, a spokeswoman said yesterday.

Residents in a neighborhood south of Midland, Texas, are concerned about the safety of their well water after industrial chemicals were found at levels above federal standards.

California regulators have ordered a business to stop tapping Sierra Nevada spring water in order to bottle and sell it in stores in what's thought to be the first such action against a commercial bottler.

New Mexico state lawmakers continue to cast doubt on a proposed diversion of the Gila River, pointing to uncertainty about the project's final cost -- estimated as high as $1 billion -- or how it would be funded following a public meeting on the project this week.

Washington state is suing the U.S. Department of Energy on the grounds that it failed to ensure the safety of crews working on the decadeslong cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

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