"President-elect Donald Trump’s short-list of contenders to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency includes two current energy industry lobbyists who held leading roles there under Republican President George W. Bush, according to two sources with knowledge of the list."

"The top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is casting doubt on the prospect of Congress finishing a waterways bill in the lame-duck session."

"Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a carbon tax on American-made goods if Trump pulls out of climate accord."

"Journalists and advocates are fearful that the incoming Trump administration will clamp down on the public's access to environmental information."

"President-elect Donald Trump is just starting to arrange the team that will advise him and implement his policy agenda. But the list of names that have been floated to fill the top job at the Interior Department includes many people who would slash environmental regulations."

"Environmental groups, fresh off rejuvenating victories on the climate front, now face a political world aligned against them."

"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday action on climate change has become 'unstoppable', and he expressed hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would drop plans to quit a global accord aimed at weaning the world off fossil fuels."

"Faced with the prospect of his successor unraveling a slew of environmental regulations and withdrawing the country from a historic climate pact, President Obama on Monday made the case that his push to move the United States toward cleaner energy sources had helped boost the economy."

"Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to bring back jobs to struggling coal communities, and laid-off miners contributed to his presidential victory. But the reality is more complicated."