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Federal transportation officials are preparing for what they say will be a transformative year for the industry shaped by technological advances in everything from autonomous vehicles to energy storage.

Marijuana-growing facilities are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that of every car, home and business in New Hampshire.

Iranian hackers have demonstrated the ability to get into and possibly sabotage the American power grid and other infrastructure such as dams and factories.

Cheap oil and regulatory red tape are forcing many biofuel manufacturers to try new market areas.

California is planning a comprehensive environmental review of the state's last operating nuclear power plant.

TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada is back on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission's agenda tomorrow, more than a month after President Obama said the project was not in the nation's interest.

Drought-weary Californians are protecting themselves from El Niño-driven storms by stocking up on things like sandbags, but farmers may not be able to capitalize on the rains.

California's ongoing drought is also drying up livelihoods for the state's thousands of agricultural workers.

California regulators are expected to announce changes this week to a conservation mandate that has required cities to cut water use by 25 percent.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell vowed yesterday to continue working on a landmark water-sharing and dam removal agreement on the Klamath River, after Congress failed to act on enabling legislation last week.

Despite his country's reputation for excess and opulence, Prince Albert II of Monaco has become an outspoken activist for the environment, electric cars and addressing climate change.

Crews cleaning up a Southern California beach discovered a highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake, the second specimen to turn up in the area this year.

A Houston liquefied natural gas company is investing in saving endangered dwarf leopards sheltering in the shrublands of Texas' southern tip.

A federal judge has sided with environmental groups that challenged an Agriculture Department gray wolf management plan, ruling that federal regulators did not conduct a proper analysis of the plan.

House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are accusing U.S. EPA of spreading "demonstrably false" information related to this summer's abandoned mine spill in Colorado.

The Senate confirmed acting U.S. Geological Survey Director Suzette Kimball almost two years after her nomination.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is not happy with the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Katon Dawson, the former chairman of South Carolina's Republican Party, is now lobbying for a Texas company eager to store nuclear waste for the federal government.

New York Rep. Richard Hanna announced today that he won't seek re-election, setting up a scramble to succeed the moderate Republican who had recently fended off a challenge from his own party's conservative wing.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) announced today that he will drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, exiting the sprawling GOP field after a seven-month campaign that failed to see the senator break out of single-digit support among primary voters.

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