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Will existing momentum surrounding next month's Paris climate meeting translate into substance during the discussions? During today's OnPoint, Elliot Diringer, executive vice president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, discusses the circumstances under which the outcome in Paris could fall short of expectations. He also talks about the shape the final agreement may take.

Some aboriginal Australians are seeking to block oil and gas exploration and mining on a 100,000-hectare national park they help manage.

A 25-year-old man was pronounced dead in a wooded area of West Virginia yesterday afternoon after an overhanging boulder tumbled onto the hunter, according to a state police officer.

A cash-strapped Arizona county is asking a neighboring city to pay up for tax revenue it has lost because of land the city wants to use as a water farm for private golf courses.

Open-top trains carrying coal in Washington state released roughly twice as much dust pollution compared with non-coal trains, said a newly released study.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration's information technology costs were nearly double the amount reported to the Office of Management and Budget, the Energy Department's inspector general said in a report suggesting EIA officials mismanaged an IT modernization project.

California regulators cut funds meant for antiterrorism protections at power plants amid a dispute with state lawmakers.

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $125 million late yesterday to 41 "transformational" projects ranging from a battery that can generate hydrogen to a system that can grow ocean algae for biomass.

Local officials in the Northeast and pipeline opponents are pushing for a comprehensive federal review of large natural gas projects cropping up across the region.

Corporate-funded campaigns have helped amplify divisiveness among Americans about climate change and created an appearance of scientific uncertainty on the issue, according to a new study.

France plans to beef up security at water systems ahead of the global climate summit later this month.

Munich-based financial services firm Allianz SE said today it would significantly reduce investments in coal mining and power production.

Getting traffic moving on the nation's 30 most congested highways could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, according to a new study from the American Highway Users Alliance.

Five Northeast states and Washington, D.C., today announced they will design and put in place a new regional market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.

The Justice Department filed a federal complaint yesterday in an attempt to shut down two companies accused of selling energy parts for tax breaks, a scheme that DOJ says has cost the U.S. Treasury more than $4 million.

The developer of a proposed Alaska gold and copper mine has dropped court actions in three states after a federal judge last week blocked some of the group's efforts to subpoena information from more than 50 government agencies and independent groups.

Many wildlife filmmakers shot footage of animal behavior in the latter part of the 20th century, but Michael Rosenberg strayed from the typical formula, centering his films around a message of conservation.

Florida's orange harvest is expected to hit its lowest point since 1964 as a tiny, marauding winged insect spreads bacteria that kill citrus groves.

Manufacturers of pesticides blamed for killing bee populations are fighting bans and regulations on their products with their own research and multimillion-dollar public relations campaigns.

The Interior Department yesterday signed off on a plan to begin assessing the economic and environmental feasibility of New Mexico's plan to divert its share of the Gila River despite opposition from environmental groups.

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