Prominent environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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Republican legislators tried again Tuesday to streamline regulations they say caused a mining company to leave Wisconsin, reigniting one of the fiercest environmental debates the state has seen in decades.

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With the state of New York reported to be on the verge of lifting its four-year ban on extracting natural gas from shale through hydraulic fracturing, the opponents of fracking are organizing for a high-profile global political battle, using New York as a crucial test case.

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A decade-old plan to build a new power plant in northern Minnesota is coming back before the state’s Public Utilities Commission next week – but in a smaller form and with a different energy source.

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America is shoveling coal to the sidelines.

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Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

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The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from industry and Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, the dominant U.S. energy source.

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Plans for a northern Minnesota iron pellet plant could hinge on a bill that begins its travel through the Legislature on Wednesday.

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A new St. Croix River crossing is inching closer to reality, as transportation officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin iron out design, construction and scheduling details for the long-anticipated project.

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A We Energies spokeswoman says the debris that washed into Lake Michigan on Monday during a sudden landslide likely contains toxic coal ash.

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