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As Pope Francis continues his U.S. tour, will his remarks on climate affect the tone of discussions in Congress and the momentum heading into this year's Paris talks? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Jean Chemnick discusses the power of the pope following his historic address. She also talks about the growing momentum surrounding this year's international climate talks in Paris.

A Canadian energy regulator will consider a mountaintop coal mine plan while it also investigates the petitioner on the grounds of polluting a critical spawning creek for endangered trout.

A paper mill in western Maryland spilled at least 10,000 gallons of latex into the North Branch of the Potomac River, the Maryland Department of the Environment said yesterday.

A new U.S. EPA rule will make reporting data for Clean Water Act permits quicker and easier, according to the agency.

As the market share of coal gradually fades in America, an industry in southwestern Pennsylvania remains a steady buyer of anthracite coal: pizza.

There's a new hot commodity on the marketplace: water.

Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. has reached a research agreement with the Defense Department's Defense Logistics Agency.

The Agriculture Department is considering tightening restrictions on genetically modified wheat experimental trials, according to a proposed rule in today's Federal Register.

The Office of Personnel Management will soon release highly anticipated poll results that gauge the federal workforce's morale.

Internet companies are becoming more and more conscious of their carbon footprint as the massive data centers needed to keep them online continue to grow.

Climate change appears to be causing the tongues of bumblebees to shrink, according to a new study.

The California Air Resources Board is expected to restore a program to require a 10 percent cut in carbon emissions on transportation fuels over the objection of the oil industry.

A federal bankruptcy judge delayed a $338 million settlement for victims of an oil train derailment in Quebec amid opposition from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

A federal judge refused to dismiss the first test case to determine the fate of thousands of lawsuits against chemical company DuPont.

Conservationists told federal judges yesterday that the Obama administration has illegally dragged its heels in deciding whether to list dozens of animal species as endangered or threatened.

Several states and industry groups yesterday asked a federal court to toss out the Obama administration's landmark standards for reducing mercury pollution at coal-fired power plants.

Alaskan officials have had remarkable success this year in their effort to kill off invasive arctic foxes living on dozens of Alaskan islands.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of 30 walruses found on Alaska's Arctic coast.

Chinook salmon could swim above the Sacramento River's Shasta Dam for the first time in nearly 80 years in a new proposal to truck hatchery-raised fish into a tributary feeding into California's largest reservoir.

Some fish sold to consumers in California contains man-made debris, according to a new study that links waste in the ocean to seafood sold in markets.

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