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Federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's reportedly in the running to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has a long track record on energy and conservation cases.

The armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge underscored a quieter -- and mostly legal -- push to transfer federal lands to state control. Conservative Western politicians, sheriffs and academics are pressing the government to divest its 640 million acres. In their arsenal: education, legislation, lawsuits and civil disobedience.

According to a report released today by Advanced Energy Economy, revenue in the advanced energy sector topped that of the pharmaceutical industry in 2015. What's driving growth in this sector, and how is policy impacting investments? During today's OnPoint, Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president for policy and government affairs at Advanced Energy Economy, explains why, despite regulatory uncertainty, advanced energy and technology investments continue to see record growth.

Five years after the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan, the much-hoped-for resettlement and revitalization of the disaster area have yet to come.

Since a law went into effect in Idaho that allows residents to salvage roadkill along the state's roadways, more than 4,800 animals have been reclaimed, according to an online database maintained by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

For decades, emergency planners have feared what could happen if a massive hurricane hit Houston directly.

William Clark is the mystery man at the core of what's being called a "monumental fraud" in Puerto Rico.

Google has pledged a $1 million grant to UNICEF to fight the spread of the Zika virus in Brazil and throughout Latin America.

Washington, D.C.; Maryland; and Virginia have settled on a path to establish an independent agency to oversee Metro safety, officials said yesterday.

A group of cities have committed to swapping their fossil-fueled vehicle fleets with those powered by alternatives, forming the Energy Secure Cities Coalition.

A prominent public service nonprofit is praising William Ruckelshaus, the first U.S. EPA administrator, for his work for the country.

Mary Kay Thatcher wants to reassure farmers that tracking their fertilizer use in the age of cloud computing doesn't mean the whole world has to know.

A well-known California marine biologist already on probation for feeding orcas in the wild was ordered yesterday to serve an additional year on probation for being too close to sea otters.

The California 2nd District Court of Appeal yesterday rejected Southern California Gas Co.'s efforts to stop housing Los Angeles residents displaced by the utility's massive gas leak that took almost four months to plug.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has hired two outside attorneys in connection with his handling of the Flint, Mich., water crisis.

Environmental law guru Richard Lazarus won't miss the late Justice Antonin Scalia's vote on the Supreme Court, but he will miss his voice.

Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit alleging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval process for natural gas pipelines violates the Constitution's due process requirements.

A fungal infection that has decimated some snake species in 16 Eastern and Midwestern states has been found in Louisiana for the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey says in a study published in Southeastern Naturalist.