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Despite major setbacks for high-profile projects like FutureGen 2.0, the number of operational carbon capture and sequestration projects globally grew this year, according to an annual report from the Global CCS Institute.

The House overwhelmingly approved its version of a long-term road and public transportation funding bill this morning, but only after making a major change to its financing structure that will benefit large banks.

House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today proposed comprehensive reforms to the Land and Water Conservation Fund in a bill that would send significantly more money to states and greatly curtail the purchase of new federal lands.

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. -- A historic drought is testing the limits of technology and water policy at the state's largest reservoir, with the fate of endangered salmon hanging in the balance.

With many state governors publicly disagreeing with their attorneys general on how to approach Clean Power Plan litigation, how will these debates impact the shape compliance mechanisms take? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire reporter Elizabeth Harball discusses the challenges facing state leaders as they determine next steps on the rule. She also previews E&E's newest Power Plan Hub feature.

Three days after being hit by a massive tropical cyclone, Yemen is now bracing for another, according to the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization.

The Indian government forbade Greenpeace from operating in the country today as the government cracks down on foreign-funded charities inciting opposition to polluting industries.

At least two people were killed and 30 injured when a dam collapsed yesterday at a Brazilian mine owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd., and dozens are still missing after mudslides enveloped a neighboring village.

South Carolina, deluged by rainfall and floods, is seeing swarms of mosquitos across the state, prompting calls to spend money exterminating them.

A Florida Senate committee unanimously passed legislation aimed at safeguarding freshwater springs from agricultural pollution and over-pumping despite protestations from environmentalists that it won't do enough to protect dwindling groundwater reserves.

Maryland lawmakers have abruptly backed off a procedural tactic to block Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) new limits on coal-fired power plants that they claimed were insufficient.

A U.S. EPA survey has found higher-than-normal levels of fine particulate matter on train platforms at Chicago's Union Station, used daily by tens of thousands of Amtrak passengers and area commuters.

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R) said yesterday that state legislators will form a new House Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation.

Coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. intends to cut medical and life insurance for as many as 4,580 nonunionized former miners and their families by New Year's Eve, according to court filings.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said he asked state oil regulators to map and research his family ranch because he was just interested in the geology of the land.

Federal officials are contesting Energy Future Holdings Corp.'s bankruptcy, one of the largest in American history, arguing that taxpayers would be forced to pay for contamination cleanup at several defunct uranium mines belonging to Texas' largest power company.

The closure of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant will be a "credit positive" event for owner Entergy Corp., according to analysis by Moody's Investors Service.

Kangaroo flatulence doesn't hold the key to reducing global methane emissions despite previous reports, according to a new study.

Mars underwent extreme climate change that left the once-temperate planet barren and hostile, according to new research.

The Renewable Fuels Association is calling on U.S. climate negotiators to include biofuels in plans to reduce global warming gases at a major U.N. conference in Paris in December.

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