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Conservation groups have decided to defend the Bureau of Land Management's sage grouse conservation plans in federal courts in Nevada and Washington, D.C., against legal challenges by states, counties, miners and ranchers.

A federal judge has thrown out a sizable portion of a ranching coalition's lawsuit challenging actions by the Forest Service to fence off areas within federal grazing allotments to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

As a powerful El Niño prepares to pummel California with winter storms, forecasters are watching a tag-team partner that might intensify El Niño's punch.

The longest-serving deputy secretary at the Department of Energy was a popular man when it came to his job hunt. According to documents obtained by Greenwire, Daniel Poneman was looking for his next job long before it was announced in June 2014 that he was to exit government service later that year.

One week following the Obama administration's rejection of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, several potential pathways have emerged for pipeline proponents who would like to circumvent the president's decision. What are the next legal and legislative steps, and how are TransCanada's plans shaping up? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Manuel Quiñones discusses the future of legal and legislative challenges and the ongoing political drama surrounding the pipeline.

Huge mountains of imported coal stored outside in Mumbai, India, pose a health threat to residents when winds from the ocean send the dust across neighborhoods.

China's wildlife is disappearing rapidly, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund.

Finland yesterday became the first country to sign off on a construction license for an underground nuclear waste repository, a facility that is estimated to cost just under a billion euros and be operational by 2023.

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally transporting wildlife across state lines after his attempt to stage a bloody scene in a New York state forest failed to convince law enforcement he hadn't shot a black bear in his home state.

The Minnesota dentist that shot Cecil the lion in July is under investigation for illegal hunting practices on his own property, according to state wildlife officials

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) issued an executive order yesterday instructing state agencies to crack down on marijuana grown with unapproved pesticides.

Syngenta AG, which spurned a $46 billion takeover bid from Monsanto Co. earlier this year, is now in talks to be acquired by China National Chemical Corp., officials said today.

Silicone breast implants absorb toxic chemicals from the body, which could help scientists understand what kind of chemicals their owners have been exposed to.

Treatment of liquid waste from landfills may not remove all of the chemicals present, according to a new study by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey.

The inventor of Google's driverless car tried to join the "sharing economy" as an Uber driver but found himself inexplicably banned from the service shortly thereafter.

Police in Mountain View, Calif. -- where Internet giant Google Inc. is based -- pulled over a slow-moving vehicle yesterday and were surprised to find it was one of the company's self-driving cars.

The Amalgamated Transit Union has sent a letter to Congress arguing that reauthorizing surface transportation programs for less time is the only way to quell a regional controversy over the highway bill currently being hashed out in conference by the House and Senate.

Colorado officials said they were not involved in the decisionmaking for the U.S. EPA operation that caused the Gold King mine disaster, undermining a key claim by federal agencies investigating the incident.

Federal government employees must be careful about when, where and how they interact with presidential campaigns on social media, according to new guidelines released yesterday.

A recent poll indicates more than a third of Americans are indifferent to President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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