Democrats have little hope of moving a draft climate change package unveiled Tuesday, key House Republicans said, dubbing the call for 100% clean energy by 2050 more campaign slogan than serious proposal.

Walmart will receive more than $800,000 from the Deepwater Horizon settlement fund after the Fifth Circuit let stand a ruling that the retail giant qualifies for a “startup business” claim for damage to a supercenter store on Mississippi’s Gulf of Mexico.

The EPA on Tuesday ordered Honeywell, Hess, National Grid and others to start dredging the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site in New York City.

Single-use plates, bowls, and trays are getting closer scrutiny from the state of Washington as it assesses alternatives to food containers made with a family of ubiquitous chemicals, a state official said Tuesday.

Sweeping climate legislation unveiled Tuesday by House Democrats is drawing fire from a surprising source: environmentalists.

Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Comnmittee unveiled legislation Tuesday that aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and includes a mandate that utilities obtain 100 percent of their electricity from “clean” energy sources.

Hawaii shouldn’t let commercial collectors of aquarium fish operate without an aquarium permit or proper environmental review, a group of Native Hawaiians and conservationists say in state court filings.

Devastating U.S. wildfires made worse by rising global temperatures will continue to wreak economic damage and cause fatalities unless Congress tackles climate change, but forest management also plays a key role, House Democrats said Tuesday.

PG&E Corp. is pushing for quicker-than-normal court approval of its bankruptcy-exit deal with debtholders, part of which both sides want to keep hidden from the public.

Oil and gas companies should be required to report emissions and other environmental impacts to the federal government to give the public more information about how development on federal land is affecting public health and the climate, Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) said Tuesday.