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As crude oil prices continue to decline and natural gas faces increasing competition from the clean energy sector, how are the U.S. oil and gas industries adjusting to the changing market dynamics and shifting their long-term plans? During today's OnPoint, Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, discusses the oil and gas outlook, his organization's focus on natural gas ahead of the elections, and the impact presidential politics could have on industry growth.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) signed a bill yesterday allowing researchers to grow oysters in tainted waterways in an attempt to boost water quality.

Conservationists are warning of the potential for ecological harm to the Florida Everglades if the state's policymakers approve a measure to allow hydraulic fracturing in wetlands.

Preliminary studies indicate that engineered sterile mosquitoes could protect about 300,000 people from harmful viruses by reducing wild insect populations by more than 90 percent.

Toxins linked to algae blooms may cause brain changes similar to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

Criticizing new Obama administration food guidelines, the Environmental Working Grou is out today with its own proposals for healthy and sustainable eating.

An advisory organization yesterday said the United States and Canada have taken great strides to prevent overuse of water from the Great Lakes but should work to strengthen their legal protection against future issues.

A new book raising questions about conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch and their motivations for a big-spending brand of political activism raises questions about the environmental impact of their company, Koch Industries Inc.

In front of a crowd of more than 400 Porter Ranch, Calif., residents, activist Erin Brockovich shared a story about feeling lightheaded only 10 minutes after arriving in the community closest to Southern California Gas Co.'s leaking well.

Mayors across the United States expressed concern about their cities' aging infrastructure and said they would like to see an infusion of state and federal support, according to a survey released today.

Billions of dollars in subsidies for electric vehicle manufacturers and customers pushed by President Obama have left the industry far short of a White House goal to have 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by the end of last year.

Tesla Motors is unfit for the traditional car dealership sales models in part because of the challenges of marketing electric vehicles, Tesla General Counsel Todd Maron told a Federal Trade Commission workshop yesterday.

President Obama is said to be considering an executive order to require federal contractors to disclose their campaign contributions.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers are offering answers to a deceptively simple question: What makes solar arrays installed on homes and small businesses super-cheap?

A California nonprofit is on a mission to find heirloom fruits and nuts and help them spread.

A recent six-year study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that the water supply in a tiny California desert town is being depleted approximately four times faster than it is being replenished.

A new study out of the University of California, Davis, could offer a solution to California's water shortage while also challenging current flood-control protocols.

A glimmer of hope accompanies snowfall in the mountains that feed into the Colorado River.

While the amount of rain falling on Northern California remains below normal for the season, it's slowly replenishing reservoirs that were drained in the drought last summer.

Despite California's strict water restrictions during the drought, spigots of thousands of farms and ranchers have gone unmonitored until yesterday, when state water officials made a move to end the oversight, acknowledging they are unable to monitor what they can't measure.

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