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Exxon Mobil Corp. is touting its support for a climate tax to stop the Earth's average temperature from rising.

China's nationwide carbon market will regulate nearly half of the country's emissions and cover up to 10,000 firms when it's launched in 2017, according to an official yesterday speaking on the sidelines of the climate talks in Paris.

LE BOURGET, France -- Talking about cutting carbon dioxide emissions burns a lot of carbon.

LE BOURGET, France -- There's been a "meeting of the minds" between the United States and leaders of small island nations, Secretary of State John Kerry said today.

Food companies are working to persuade lawmakers to insert a provision in a must-pass year-end spending bill to bar states from requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods.

A day after unveiling his aggressive climate change platform, presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined Senate Democrats in introducing legislation to assist unemployed coal and other fossil fuel industry workers and make a host of renewable tax incentives permanent.

Senate Democrats accused Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas today of wasting precious committee time and rehashing settled research by holding a hearing today laden with climate change doubters.

Scott Fulton took a bus trip through China five years ago with his U.S. EPA colleagues.

Morale at federal energy and environmental agencies has improved ever so slightly over the past year.

American Electric Power Co. Inc., one of the nation's largest utilities, is leaving the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and shifting its resources toward working with states implementing the Obama administration's landmark climate rule.

Key lawmakers and lobbyists said today that a deal to end the ban on crude exports remains a possibility before the end of the year, although its chances may be diminished by the likelihood of a smaller tax package.

Grand Rapids, Mich., has moved to rename its wastewater treatment plant to reflect the facility's increased focus on sustainability.

Beachgoers took home bags of sealed coffee cans and vacuum-packed coffee bricks that washed up on Florida's Space Coast after what officials believe was a shipping accident over the weekend.

The number of confirmed cases of dengue fever in Hawaii has climbed to 139, the state Department of Health said in its latest statement.

Two former senior U.S. EPA officials have been selected for a prestigious environmental award.

Two of America's oldest chemical companies are in advanced talks to merge.

The Bureau of Land Management has rescheduled its postponed November oil and gas lease sale in Utah for Feb. 16, the agency announced yesterday.

Western China's water supply, agriculture and infrastructure are being threatened by climate change as the glaciers of the Himalayas and other mountain ranges retreat and permafrost disappears.

Volkswagen AG said the number of vehicles with altered carbon dioxide levels is fewer than originally anticipated, news that increased the German carmaker's fallen shares by 5 percent today.

A Greenpeace sting operation has shown some researchers who dispute climate change science are willing to hide their sources of funding.

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