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Robots will play a big role in removing melted fuel and debris from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The Defense Department said it will examine hundreds of sites across the nation in an effort to determine whether chemicals from foam used to tame fires have tainted groundwater supplies.

Aides to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) sometimes used personal email accounts to discuss the Flint water crisis, records show.

For the first time, United Airlines will use biofuel to aid in powering flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of an effort to use renewable fuel for commercial operations.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office sheds light on the weaknesses in the complex system that civilian veterans of the Cold War and their survivors must navigate when filing claims with the government to cover medical bills.

U.S. EPA must improve inspections of certain hazardous waste facilities, the agency's inspector general said in a report released today.

The outdoor retailer Patagonia will fund the placement of solar panels on more than 1,500 houses in eight states, the company said yesterday.

Volkswagen dealers say they have been left in the lurch following the departure this week of Volkswagen Group of America Inc.'s president and CEO, Michael Horn.

Oil prices may have finally reached their low point, the International Energy Agency said today.

Two of Colorado's largest petroleum producers are planning to thin their workforce, layoffs that could slash the firms' employees within the state by a fifth or more.

BP PLC announced it will end its 26-year sponsorship of a major British art gallery next year, citing an "extremely challenging business environment" as the reason, not years of climate activist protests.

TransCanada Corp. is in negotiations to purchase one of its major competitors in a takeover worth more than $9 billion, according to reports.

Clean energy gurus have been kicking around this question for years: Can the charging of electric cars be synced with peak renewable generation to maximize the development of both technologies?

A federal judge is weighing a lawsuit brought by a group of children seeking to force the reductions of emissions that contribute to climate change.

A Justice Department probe revealed Iran could be held accountable for a 2013 cyberattack on a suburban New York dam, according to a U.S. official.

Cliven Bundy declined to make a plea yesterday as he denied the legitimacy of federal authorities in the case against him.

A Louisiana environmental group is suing Exxon Mobil Corp. over alleged Clean Air Act violations at its Baton Rouge chemical plant that have continued despite a 2014 settlement with state regulators.

The Obama administration is getting help defending its sweeping greater sage grouse conservation plans in the West from an unexpected source: Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R).

Federal authorities have determined that the 13 bald eagles found dead in Maryland last month did not die of natural causes, but they are not publicly revealing the cause.

A mountain lion that rose to fame after it was photographed walking by the Hollywood sign is the lead suspect in the death of a koala at the Los Angeles Zoo.

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