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Hillary Clinton came out against building the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, calling it a "distraction" from addressing climate change.

A national park focused on green, renewable energy has been getting greener, thanks to used hybrid car batteries.

Ethanol made from algae will be commercially marketed and distributed for the first time in the U.S., thanks to a new, patented technology that uses algae to produce the four most widely used fuels: ethanol, gasoline, jet and diesel fuel.

Agriculture in general and biotechnology in particular will be high on the agenda in meetings this week between U.S. and China officials, starting with an all-day session Thursday called the Strategic Agriculture Innovation Dialogue (SAID).

For months, one of Washingtons most interesting guessing games has been about what Pope Francis will say when he addresses Congress Thursday morning and talks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday.

Republican leaders are laying out a path to keep the government funded after Sept. 30, amid a new problem they didnt face the last time there was a shutdown two years ago: Senate Democrats disclosed Tuesday that USDA was preparing to delay the transfer of SNAP benefits to 37 stat

The National Pork Producers Council held its annual Washington fly-in last week and about 130 participants spent lots of time talking about acronyms like COOL, WOTUS, DGAC, and TPP.

Two U.S. senators from major poultry-producing states have written to South African President Jacob Zuma urging him to live up to an agreement his government made in June while in Paris to accept 65,000 metric tons of U.S. poultry exports annually free of any anti-dumpi

A national organic research and promotion program, or checkoff, has been a dream of the Organic Trade Association and others for years.

- Carbohydrates are often viewed as the enemy when it comes to diet and health. But what if scientists could pack the carb-filled foods we love with valuable protein that also cures diseases?