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Two House Democrats from California want the Department of Justice to launch a civil investigation of Exxon Mobil Corp. for knowingly making false claims about the state of climate science.

Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a long-term road and transit authorization bill today that would maintain existing funding levels adjusted for inflation for as long as fiscal 2021.

The Department of Energy's watchdog has fleshed out more details on its investigation into intense lobbying for the contract to operate Sandia National Laboratories.

The Wyoming cattle industry is the latest to challenge the legal merits of the Obama administration's sweeping greater sage grouse plans, claiming that implementing the plans in the Cowboy State would violate federal law.

When Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer heard arguments in a major energy case this week, his wife had a financial stake in one of the companies involved.

NOAA Ship Rainier set out to map the ocean floor in April 2013, working on a tight budget as Congress argued over the national debt and slashed agency budgets under sequestration. Rainier is known for accomplishing its missions, which provide important data for navigation maps off the Pacific Coast and in Alaskan waters. But while its survey capabilities are among the most modern, a chronic lack of maintenance funding left a long list of repairs and updates undone. One result: a fuel spill in a picturesque Alaskan bay.

With the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicting a doubling in utility-scale solar installations by the end of 2016, how cost-competitive is it compared with other forms of solar? During today's OnPoint, Peter Fox-Penner, a principal at the Brattle Group, discusses a new analysis comparing the costs of utility-scale solar versus residential-scale projects. He also talks about the impact storage technology development could have on the pacing of installations.

China's "ecological security" is endangered by the impact of continued economic development on the country's coastal wetlands, according to Chinese scientists and an American research institute.

A 4-foot boa constrictor got loose on a Philadelphia bus yesterday.

U.S. EPA has given guidance to Colorado marijuana growers on how to use a federal law that permits pesticides on crops threatened by infestation to circumvent local restrictions.

The announced closure of Massachusetts' only nuclear power plant will leave a large gap to fill in the state's energy portfolio, and lawmakers and activists are already weighing options over how to fill it.

Technology to measure carbon emissions and other pollutants has been rapidly advancing as stricter government regulations drive a need to quantify human impact on the planet.

Discoloration in Colorado's Uncompahgre River has raised concerns among residents over a possible repeat of August's Gold King mine spill, though officials have worked to allay fears.

The National Park Service announced late last week that it is moving to increase oversight of oil and gas operations in national parks.

Freight transportation projects warrant their own stand-alone source of federal funding, similar to what highways and public transit programs already receive, the Obama administration said in a newly released draft plan that points to the boom in domestic oil production as one reason for a more assertive national approach.

Western environmental advocates are asking Wyoming regulators to boost Arch Coal Inc.'s bonding requirements to secure mine cleanups in case the company goes bankrupt.

The impacts of California's ongoing drought are being felt by the small "agritourism" farms that catered to Halloween crowds looking to pick pumpkins and explore corn mazes.

Bark beetles are feasting on Torrey pines in California as the record drought takes its toll on the rare trees.

Federal judges today appeared skeptical of electricity regulators' decision to grant an initial permit for an Iowa hydroelectric project.

A poisonous sea snake was seen on a Southern California beach for the first time in 30 years, a likely result of El Niño pushing the species farther north from its usual habitat.

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