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It's one thing for President Obama to direct his administration to use federal lands to develop large-scale renewable energy projects.

Federal agencies need to "step up their game" when it comes to analyzing the costs and benefits of prospective regulations, according to a new report from the nonprofit group Resources for the Future.

CHICAGO -- Supreme Court justices dread taking on the complex cases that make environmental attorneys swoon, a well-known expert who argues environmental issues before the high court said today.

CHICAGO -- Legal experts predicted today that the Supreme Court will review a major water case in what may become the court's biggest environmental battle of this term.

Following last week's passage of a bipartisan budget agreement that raises the debt ceiling and sets spending levels for the next two years, another potential battle looms as an omnibus spending bill is negotiated over the next six weeks. What energy and environment issues could make their way into the discussions? During today's OnPoint, David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses his skepticism of the "Era of Good Feelings."

Senior members of an Australian regulatory body were treated to thousands of dollars of tickets to ballet performances, sports games and cocktail parties by gas companies and their lobbyists, according to documentation of the gifts.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC did not properly clean up four oil spill sites in Nigeria despite claiming to do so, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

The owner of a bull that caused an accident on a rural Idaho highway Sunday was shot after a gunfight with police who planned to put his animal down.

New York's state park system is getting a much-needed face-lift as lawmakers approved a plan to spend nearly $1 billion addressing a massive maintenance and project backlog.

New York City is launching an initiative to clear abandoned boats from its waters, which can be a source of pollution.

Texas regulators are telling local leaders in the San Antonio region it's not likely that drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale region is responsible for the city's poor air quality.

U.S. EPA's new regulation aimed at stanching toxic discharges from coal-fired power plants ran in today's Federal Register, starting the clock for filing lawsuits challenging the rule.

Howard Buffett, the 60-year-old son of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, is a Midwestern farmer with a mission to end global hunger.

The United States military spent $43 million to build a natural gas station in Afghanistan and couldn't explain why it cost so much, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction has found.

President Obama has taken executive action to delay federal employers' inquiring about applicants' criminal history until later in the hiring process.

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has launched investigations into the agency's purchase orders and improper payments.

Ethanol made from switch grass, a plant touted as a more sustainable feedstock for renewable fuel than corn, doesn't qualify to be in the category of lowest-carbon biofuels under U.S. EPA's standards for the national biofuel mandate, according to a study commissioned by one of the program's harshest critics.

Getting hot and heavy is nowhere near as appealing when the air is hot and heavy, according to a new study, meaning climate change could directly decrease America's birth rate.

A new Homeland Security Department research center in Alaska will work to use complex algorithms to help the Coast Guard monitor the Arctic.

Pope Francis' high-profile encyclical on climate change arose out of years of thought and consultation with more than 200 experts and institutions, one of the pope's top policy advisers said yesterday.

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