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A coal mine accident in northern China has left 19 miners dead, Chinese state media reported today.

The construction of Puerto Rico's second liquefied natural gas port is being delayed over concerns for the environment and endangered species, such as hawksbill sea turtles and elkhorn coral.

The mayor of a city in Louisiana has declared a state of emergency following a state Department of Health and Hospitals report Tuesday that warned residents not to consume tap water.

The Labor Department yesterday announced up to $15 million in grants to help recovery efforts for the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has uncovered some flaws in the agency's overtime pay reporting system.

A federal judge this week dismissed a scientist's complaint that U.S. EPA discriminated against him by rejecting his request to work remotely.

Tesla Motors Inc. will discontinue development of a planned 10-kilowatt-hour home battery because of a lack of interest, the company confirmed last week.

The U.S.-based charity Rockefeller Family Fund said yesterday it will divest from fossil fuel companies and "eliminate holdings" from Exxon Mobil Corp., saying the oil giant linked to the family fortune misled the public about the risks of climate change.

A permanent structure to prevent deadly radiation from Chernobyl from escaping for the next century has been finished and will be pulled over the ruined Ukrainian nuclear plant later this year.

An attorney representing the city of Fort Worth has asked a judge to rule that Chesapeake Energy Corp., the Oklahoma City energy giant, violated its natural gas leases, effectively stealing millions of dollars from the city.

A bipartisan group of 19 senators yesterday urged U.S. EPA to aim high on its next blending targets for the renewable fuel standard.

The Department of Labor announced new silica standards today, increasing protections that workplaces must provide to keep workers from inhaling the tiny and sometimes deadly particles.

The overwhelming majority of meteorologists believe climate change is happening, and more weather professionals have become convinced of it over the past five years, according to the results of two surveys released today.

After years of intense drought, Northern California now has enough water that the state's largest reservoirs are releasing surpluses.

A California animal rights activist was sentenced yesterday to house arrest and ordered to pay a $200,000 fine after he freed 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm in 2013.

The Justice Department today announced it has indicted seven people connected to the Iranian government on cyber crime charges, including breaking into a small dam in upstate New York in an apparent attempt to halt its operations.

A federal judge dismissed a Clean Water Act lawsuit against a Southern California water agency with a rare finding of prejudice against the environmental group that brought the suit.

Ahead of an upcoming Supreme Court fight in a high-stakes wetlands case, the Obama administration is trying to convince the justices that the Clean Water Act is on federal agencies' side.

A federal judge is considering sanctions against the White House science office over its lackluster response to a conservative think tank's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

Scientists have discovered a species of fish that walks the same way land-based vertebrates do, potentially shedding light on the enigmatic emergence of life from the sea 375 million years ago.

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