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With a 45 percent emissions rate reduction in the final Clean Power Plan, what are North Dakota's plans for complying as it manages a power sector that runs primarily on coal? During today's OnPoint, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) discusses his state's compliance and litigation plans for the Clean Power Plan. He also talks about the challenges facing his state's shale oil industry following the rapid decline of oil prices.

Nigeria's president plans to also serve as the country's Cabinet minister in charge of the oil sector to try and stop the corruption endemic to the oil industry there.

Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) has settled a lawsuit against a Houston oil figure who he said bilked him out of at least $2.8 million to invest in a business.

Native Hawaiians' bid to form an independent government has gained the backing of the Obama administration.

A farmworker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits against Monsanto Co., arguing that the company's Roundup herbicide caused their cancers.

New York City is introducing a program to monitor the air in nail salons for unsafe chemicals.

Doctors in Flint, Mich., are finding high levels of lead in children in town one year after the municipality changed its water source.

The head of the nation's manufacturing trade group this week chided 70 mayors who last week signed onto a letter supporting a tighter ozone standard.

For environmentalists and community groups, the Obama administration's new refinery rule is the culmination of a movement that began more than 15 years ago.

The federal government could learn a lot from behavioral science.

Federal employees will see their share of health care premiums rise by an average of 7.4 percent next year, which is the largest increase in five years.

Congress' watchdog has given mixed reviews to several federal agencies on their handling of computer and personal information security.

It's been a big week for environmental justice at U.S. EPA.

Idaho's former governor has made good on his vow to sue the U.S. Department of Energy to get what he is calling concealed information regarding a proposal to transport nuclear waste into the state.

Days after Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced it was abandoning its oil exploration of Alaska's coast, locals are demanding that infrastructure improvements still be made.

The Westboro Baptist Church has zeroed in on its latest target: the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Former Vice President Al Gore had some choice words for politicians who block efforts to combat global warming.

Biodiesel can contribute significantly to U.S. carbon dioxide reduction goals, according to a new analysis released by the industry's main trade group.

Federal judges have rebuffed the latest pre-emptive legal strike against U.S. EPA's landmark greenhouse gas standards for power plants.

Authorities arrested a Minnesota woman and charged her with vandalizing the dental office of Walter Palmer, the big-game hunter whose slaying of famed Cecil the lion generated international condemnation.

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