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Oyster farmers stung by a Washington state action that banned them from using a new pesticide on the tideland where they seed their oysters are seeking to reverse that decision.

The Army Corps of Engineers has decided against operating a major floodway above Baton Rouge, La., shifting away from previous plans.

A federal judge sided with a coalition of environmental groups and ordered Idaho to protect federally threatened Canada lynx from unintentional snaring by traps designed to capture bobcats and other species in the northern part of the state.

The father of billionaires Charles and David Koch had ties to the Nazis, according to a new book outlining the history of rich conservative donors in U.S. politics.

U.S. EPA would be a prime target of "tremendous cutting" if Donald Trump is elected president, the Republican front-runner said yesterday at a diner in New Hampshire.

Two environmental groups want U.S. EPA to strip Texas of some regulatory responsibilities delegated under key air and water pollution laws.

The operator of a Los Angeles drill site with a massive methane leak would be barred from injecting more natural gas and older wells would be blocked from production until state agencies deemed them safe, under legislation announced yesterday.

The House Science, Space and Technology Committee today backed legislation to boost nuclear research and development at the Energy Department.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is opening federal waters to commercial aquaculture, releasing a final rule yesterday that will allow companies to set up fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico.

An internal government watchdog today raised serious concerns about a 15-year pattern of workplace hostility and mismanagement at Grand Canyon National Park in which women employees were propositioned for sex and their harassment complaints were not investigated or were seemingly retaliated against.

U.S. EPA won't go gently into the Obama administration's twilight.

A new analysis of the Endangered Species Act by a diverse group of scientists points to serious troubles in how federal agencies allocate scarce funds and work in partnerships with states and private landowners. "ESA is one of our country's strongest environmental laws, but it has only partly fulfilled its conservation promise," said Daniel Evans, who led the report while serving as a policy fellow at the Forest Service. "Climate change will continue to shuffle the mix of species in ecosystems, increasing both extinction risk and management uncertainty."

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a long-term vision on climate and energy, highlighting climate change as an urgent challenge. In this E&ETV Special Report, members of Congress react to the president's statements on energy technology, oil and coal development, and efforts to address climate change. Lawmakers interviewed include Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Reps. Pete Olson (R-Texas), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Bob Latta (R-Ohio), John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Gene Green (D-Texas).

The head of Europe's food safety watchdog has written to a group of 100 scientists, rejecting their criticism of the herbicide ingredient glyphosate.

Maryland environmentalists fended off a utility's plan to cut down trees to help high-voltage power lines through a state park but now face another threat from a different company to build a natural gas pipeline in the area.

Florida officials are investigating whether water from Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point nuclear plant is harming water quality in adjacent Biscayne Bay.

Michigan's governor has activated the National Guard and reached out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in an effort to address lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint.

A Hawaii geothermal power producer will pay a $76,500 fine for Clean Air Act violations related to hydrogen sulfide releases from almost three years ago, according to a newly announced settlement with U.S. EPA.

Moving power and data lines to make room for California's planned bullet train will cost tens of millions of dollars more than was thought just a few months ago.

The Department of Energy inspector general found that employees at the Bonneville Power Administration came under "management pressure" to change property appraisal values.

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