Doe Run to pay $65 million to clean up lead waste in southeast Missouri

Mo. company to pay $65M to cleanup lead sites

Federal officials deny Montana’s request to hold a ‘conservation hunt’ for endangered wolves

Federal officials deny Montana’s wolf hunt request

Ballot effort to suspend Calif. greenhouse gas law raises $5.2M, nearly all from oil industry

Oil industry aids effort to suspend CA climate law

Fish and Wildlife Service rejects endangered species protection for Sacramento splittail fish

Interior denies protection for Calif. fish species

Lieberman says efforts over health care, midterm politics killed energy bill

Lieberman: Health care, politics nixed energy bill

Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves after courts block public hunts

Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves

Farther on a gallon: New cars, trucks may have to improve to 62 mpg by 2025, government says

62 mpg for new cars? It’s the US target for 2025

Gov’t says fleet of new cars and trucks may have to improve to 62 mpg by 2025

Gov’t looking at 62 mpg goal for 2025 autos

AP Sources: Gov’t to say fleet of new cars and trucks may have to improve to 62 mpg by 2025

AP Sources: New vehicles could reach 62 mpg by ‘25

AP sources: Gov’t to say fleet of new cars and trucks could have to improve to 62 mpg by 2025

AP sources: New vehicles may reach 62 mpg by 2025

APNewsBreak: Regional EPA official commends NM effort to establish cap-and-trade program

APNewsBreak: EPA official praises NM emission plan

Wis. US Senate hopeful Johnson says global warming ‘unproven,’ shouldn’t dictate US policy

Wis. US Sen. hopeful: Global warming ‘unproven’

AP source: In reversal, EPA proposes to regulate toxic chemical in drinking water

AP source: EPA seeks to regulate chemical in water

Some Western senators sponsor bill to exempt wolves from federal protections

Bill would exempt wolves from federal protection

EPA slaps $15 million fine on BP for Texas City refinery Clean Air Act violations

EPA fines BP $15 million for Texas City violations

Should future cars average 60 mpg? Administration weighs mileage rules for 2017 and beyond

Gov’t weighs gas mileage rules for 2017 and beyond

Pa. DEP chief targets Texas driller for gas-tainted water fix, urges calm in tense Dimock

Pa. DEP targets Texas driller for tainted water

Texas environmental regulators award air permit to contentious Gulf coal-fired plant

Texas regulators give permit to Gulf coal plant

Automakers aim to electrify Paris crowds with hybrid, battery powered cars after 2-year slump

Emissions rules hang over Paris car show

PARIS — European car makers are looking to a bevy of fuel-efficient, lower-emissions models going on display at the Paris Auto Show this week to weather a depressed market and tough new EU pollution standards.

Montana, Idaho would kill up to 236 endangered wolves under plans submitted to feds

Montana, Idaho send wolf hunting plans to feds

Schwarzenegger blasts oil companies backing ballot initiative to suspend Calif. climate law

Schwarzenegger blasts big oil, defends climate law

EPA says 5 states must fortify their Chesapeake Bay restoration plans or face federal action

EPA: 5 states must toughen Chesapeake Bay plans

POLITICAL INSIDER: Palin urges backers to take aim at health overhaul’s supporters

POLITICAL INSIDER: Palin targets health overhaul

Calif. regulators to vote on nation’s most aggressive renewable energy standards

Calif voting on most aggressive energy standard

State air regulators require Calif. utilities to get a third of electricity from renewables

Calif. wants third of its power renewable by 2020

Win for Woods: High Carolina course on track after developers reach agreement on trout streams

Tiger’s course developers reach settlement

NM environmental board takes issue with conflict allegations while considering emission rules

NM enviro panel rebuts conflict-of-interest claims

Two-day climate talks ‘constructive,’ but little hope looms for new global warming pact

Big powers talk climate, no grand deal sighted

Farmers say dust part of rural life, await EPA rules others believe needed to protect health

Farmers fear dust rules won’t reflect rural life

Texas, EPA present draft plan to fix bad industrial air permits as new problems arise

Texas, EPA present draft plan to fix air permits

APNewsBreak: After ‘angst,’ Kan. plans to issue permit for coal plant ahead of new EPA rules

APNewsBreak: Coal plant permit expected this year

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Despite lobbying push, renewable energy goal stalls in Senate

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Jindal: Nucor picks Louisiana site for $3.5B iron plant project to be built in 5 phases

Jindal: Nucor picks Louisiana for $3.5B project

Coal miners rally against Obama administration’s curbing of mountaintop removal mining

Coal miners rally against Obama administration

99 Cents Only Stores ordered to pay more than $400,000 for selling illegal pesticides

99 Cents Stores fined for illegal pesticides

EPA official says agency working with Texas companies on truce over touchy permitting issues

Official: EPA, Texas working on permit solution

Gas drilling: safe, promises jobs, backers tell EPA; others warn NY watershed could be tainted

EPA told gas drilling does, does not taint water

Gas drilling industry, environmentalists set for EPA’s upstate NY hearings today, Wednesday

EPA holding upstate NY hearings on gas drilling

Biker rumble: California law would force noisy motorcycles to pipe down or pay up

Bikers make noise on attempt to quiet motorcycles

Gas drilling industry, environmentalists prepare their cases for EPA’s NY hearing, last of 4

EPA to hold NY hearing, last of 4, on gas drilling

Wyoming governor tells EPA state law prevents greenhouse gas regulations sought by feds

Governor to EPA: Wyo can’t regulate greenhouse gas

EPA officials tell Kan. legislators that state must get in line with new greenhouse gas rules

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