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In this March 12, 2010 file photo, a Metropolitan Police Department boat, foreground, escorts the Japanese research whaling vessel to Harumi pier in Tokyo, carrying anti-whaling activisit Pete Bethune. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

Energy and Environment

Obama condemns Japan for whaling

John Siciliano · January 12, 2016 12:23 am

"The people of Iowa are not for sale, and I'm running for president to burn down the corrupt Washington political machine and put Americans first," Mike Huckabee said Monday. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Huckabee ignites fiery Iowa campaign blitz

John Siciliano · January 11, 2016 6:35 pm

The new year is "not going to be a year that we slow down," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

EPA goes global in 2016

John Siciliano · January 10, 2016 5:01 am

The south portal of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nev. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

The 2016 politics of nuclear energy

John Siciliano · January 10, 2016 5:01 am

The Renewable Fuel Standard program requires refiners to blend an increasing amount of biofuels in the nation's gasoline and diesel supplies through 2022. (AP File Photo/Paul Vernon)

Energy and Environment

Ethanol industry sues EPA over renewable fuel program

John Siciliano · January 9, 2016 12:34 am

"This seems very ironical," said Rep. Rob Bishop after the proposal to ease the sea cow's endangered status. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Energy and Environment

Bishop takes Obama to task over manatees

John Siciliano · January 8, 2016 8:26 pm

The House passed bills in to roll back excessive regs and prevent environmentalists from influencing rules. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

House passes bills to rein in activist influence on regulations

John Siciliano · January 8, 2016 12:34 am

The EPA plan is the centerpiece of President Obama's climate change agenda. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

WH ‘confident’ climate rules will survive

John Siciliano · January 7, 2016 6:23 pm

The omnibus bill that extended wind and solar tax credits for five years "bridges the low carbon future ... to the Clean Power Plan" and "ensures that clean energy wins," said Richard Duke, deputy director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change. (AP file photo/Charlie Riedel)

Energy and Environment

WH: Congress gave EPA a win in spending bill

John Siciliano · January 7, 2016 6:02 pm

NAFTA claim says U.S. spent seven years using "arbitrary and contrived" analyses. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists use Keystone XL to target Obama’s trade deal

John Siciliano · January 7, 2016 4:49 pm

Ukrainian hackers managed to cause a blackout, but there is currently no threat to the U.S. electric grid, says the nation's grid watchdog. (AP File Photo/Al Goldis)

Energy and Environment

Utilities on alert after Ukraine cyber attack

John Siciliano · January 7, 2016 12:10 am

The builder of the Keystone XL oil pipeline company is suing the Obama administration in federal court over its refusal to approve the project. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

TransCanada sues Obama over Keystone XL

John Siciliano · January 6, 2016 10:16 pm