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Interior secretary: 'Fracking' can be safe and responsible (VIDEO)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – to collect natural gas can be done 'in a safe way.' New federal fracking rules are in the works.
With 'riders,' GOP seeks to undo Obama environmental policies

House Republicans want to reshape federal environmental policies by adding amendments to the spending bill due Friday. Senate Democrats and the president oppose the 'riders.'
Republicans fear 'war on the West' in new wild lands protection

Western Republican lawmakers and governors object to Obama administration plans to consider whether millions of acres of federal land in the West should be protected as 'wild lands.'
Plan to restore the Upper Missouri River could boost fish and cottonwood trees

A plan to boost the flow of the Upper Missouri River could help ailing cottonwood trees and endangered fish.
Earth Talk: Sizing up oil shale as a possible resource

Energy source or more trouble for the environment?
Environmentalists send their wish list to Obama

Twenty-eight green groups compile 359 pages of suggestions, hoping for a green revival post-Bush.
Bush’s parting moves on the environment

Last-minute rule changes would weaken environmental protections, critics say.
As wildfires spread, so does the red ink

US and state officials start to boost firefighting budgets and weigh other reforms.
In Colorado, an unlikely alliance against drilling

Plans to open up a swath of wilderness are bringing hunters and environmentalists together – and reshaping state politics.