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Should policymakers revisit the renewable fuel standard to account for the changing dynamics of the renewable fuels and oil markets? During today's OnPoint, Charles Drevna, president of the American Fuel…

A woman who contributed millions of dollars to Scenic Hudson, a group that works to clean the river, died last week at 106. Kathryn Wasserman Davis began donating after she…

An Oregon mining group has filed an injunction in federal court to halt legislation that would place a moratorium on motorized mining. The Galice Mining District, which serves miners in…

A Washington state commission has approved some gray wolf kills in instances when the animal is caught in the act of attacking livestock or pets on personal property. The state…

A series of pipeline construction spills have the Ohio EPA demanding answers and environmentalists arguing against what they say is another hydraulic fracturing risk. Denver-based MarkWest Energy Partners LP is…

The Minnesota House passed two bills late last week that would ban formaldehyde and the controversial plastics additive bisphenol A from certain children's products. The House voted 113-13 in favor…

The new head of Vestas Wind Systems' North American sales office said the company needs to remake itself into a more aggressive, customer-centric sales and service organization as growth in…

A battle is brewing over the future of energy development in a Montana region laced with coal. A consortium headed by BNSF Railway Co. plans to build a rail line…

Tesla Motors Inc., the luxury electric car company, was named the rechargeable auto sales leader so far this year in North America as sales of its Model S sedan surpassed…

A year ago, Teri Shanahan, the head of sustainability efforts at the world's largest paper company, was anxious. She was about to walk into a meeting filled with the very…

A building explosion today in Prague that was likely caused by gas injured as many as 40 people, according to officials. At the time of the blast, there were about…

A man and his mother were arrested and charged with stealing more than 1,400 pounds of copper from a building on the property of a nuclear power plant. The man,…

New Mexico's Supreme Court will decide a dispute over whether the state's top water manager can rule on suggested water rights transfers to increase flows in the drought-stricken Pecos River.…

New York City filed a federal lawsuit against BP PLC on Friday in an effort to recover pension funds lost following the oil giant's 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. The case…

An overexcited cheetah jumped from behind a fence and scratched the Botswanan president's face, his spokesman said. President Ian Khama needed two stitches on his nose. The cheetah is kept…

The Center for Biological Diversity is concerned that a planned habitat designation in California for the endangered Munz's onion is inadequate. Officials for the environmental group argue that the 98.4…

Tribes in South Carolina are fighting a Justice Department decision that only federally recognized Native American groups may use eagle feathers and other animal parts in their rituals. At issue…

A Defense Department program has resulted in the creation of more than 260,000 acres of sanctuaries as the military tries to keep urban growth from affecting its bases. Through the…

The growth of the bald eagle population may halt plans for a wind power project on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The bald eagle population has boomed in the region. About 400…

The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it has finalized a rule allowing it to temporarily withdraw public lands from new mining claims where wind and solar power developers…

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