"The lobbying fight over a House bill to revitalize coal country has heated up ahead of a key committee hearing on Tuesday."

"The Supreme Court [Monday] declined to add two environmental cases to its docket for the fall term."

"U.S. EPA is putting the word out that the agency is in the market for science advisers."

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency’s scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show."

"Leaders worry delisting could invite energy exploration in historic areas."

"With the summer mosquito season in full swing in many U.S. states, a new report shows a significant increase in counties across the South that have reported mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika and related viruses."

"The fight over former President Barack Obama’s methane agenda has moved to the courts."

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans on shedding more than 1,200 employees by early September through buyouts and early retirements, as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to shrink a government entity the president once promised to eliminate 'in almost every form.'"

"The Environmental Protection Agency has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency, continuing a scientific shake-up that has already triggered resignations and charges from some researchers that the administration is politicizing the agency."