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This month, legal action on U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan heated up with a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to deny a request for a stay of the rule and a subsequent request filed with the Supreme Court to weigh in on the stay. On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Robin Bravender discusses the challenges facing petitioners as legal proceedings move forward quickly. She also weighs in on the role politics are playing in the court filings.

Japan restarted a nuclear reactor today with plutonium-based mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, the first use of that material since stricter safety rules were implemented after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in 2011.

Earthquakelike shaking that was reported by hundreds of New Jersey residents yesterday may have been caused by Navy fighter jets conducting flight testing.

The chairman of Kentucky's Environmental Quality Commission said earlier this week that the firing of its executive director and its only full-time staff member does not mean the advisory board will fold.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission yesterday approved new state guidelines that aim to protect wildlife migration routes from oil and natural gas drilling on public lands.

The head of one of America's largest coal companies yesterday called for large cuts in West Virginia's mining taxes to help the struggling industry.

From sandwich bags and water bottles to CDs and cigarette filters, plastic products have infiltrated every nook and cranny of the planet, possibly signaling the dawn of a new geological epoch, new research suggests.

In a move to limit an environmental scare in a small upstate New York village, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) directed two state agencies to use Superfund money, filtration systems and tests to address the presence of a toxic chemical in local water supplies.

The federal government opened on time today for the first time this week.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board approved its final report last night on the massive fertilizer explosion in West, Texas, in 2013 that killed 15 people and prompted a federal effort to coordinate on safety regulations.

The Pacific Northwest's sole nuclear power plant will look into whistleblower complaints that its performance has steadily declined and that managers have been hiding this from employees and the public.

The natural gas utility responsible for the well that has been leaking in California for three months was aware that a blowout could occur due to its age, design and method of operation, according to the state's records and testimony.

Environmental group PennFuture intends to file a lawsuit against United States Steel Corp., or U.S. Steel, for past and continuing violations of clean air laws, at county, state and federal levels, it announced today.

Industry groups and environmentalists alike are taking legal aim at U.S. EPA's new air toxics standards for brick and clay ceramics manufacturers -- from predictably different corners.

The Interior Department will spend the next several months studying the impacts of hydraulic fracturing and other forms of well stimulation in the Pacific Ocean, as stipulated by a settlement finalized today with environmentalists.

U.S. EPA is facing deadlines to set new rules for the mining industry under a court settlement approved today.

Mali's elephants -- one of two existing desert herds on the globe -- will be wiped out in three years unless government action is taken, a conservation group warned yesterday.

A family is suing Disney's Animal Kingdom on the grounds that a snake bite to their 8-year-old son caused the cardiac arrest and death of the boy's grandmother.

A mining company that raised less than $750,000 from investors before signing a deal to purchase a coal mine now must promise that it's able to pay more than $120 million to clean up the site after it closes, leading analysts to question the risk of the deal.

Climate is directly linked to worldwide trout abundance, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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