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Iowa Republicans plan to propose next week a way to fund large-scale water quality projects without taking money from education as Republican Gov. Terry Branstad's plan would do.

Even though the Port of Los Angeles paid a Chinese government-owned shipping company $5 million to retrofit cargo ships to use electric shore power instead of diesel engines in port, the city did not reap the benefits, according to a review by the Los Angeles Times.

Attorneys representing environmental and civil rights interests in a Flint, Mich., lawsuit want to force city and state officials to carry water to residents door to door.

The federal government yesterday approved the construction of a research facility off Virginia's coast to test wind turbines in harsh open-sea environments.

The Federal Aviation Administration will replace all red static lighting at U.S. airports in a bid to save thousands of birds per year.

The Department of Labor's silica standards could mean saved lives or broke businesses, depending on whom you ask.

Solar energy and energy efficiency firms are predicting strong hiring growth over the next year, according to a new federal report assessing national employment in multiple energy sectors.

San Francisco's waste-reusing prowess draws foreign officials from around the world, eager to learn the secrets of one of the world's most advanced recycling plants.

Even though cities must get ahead of transportation technology developments to make sure those innovations work best for residents, analysts say communities struggle with keeping up, and they can offer no easy solutions.

As natural gas prices have sunk by nearly 25 percent this year, U.S. production reached its highest level ever over the winter.

The Army Corps of Engineers will likely decide by next month whether to block development of the largest proposed coal export terminal in the country.

Volkswagen AG failed to submit a required fix for its diesel vehicles before a court-ordered deadline yesterday, but a federal judge said he would give the automaker more time.

Conservationists' attempts to challenge U.S. hunters' importation of black rhinoceros trophies from Namibia were dismissed yesterday by a federal judge.

Residents of a quiet California cul-de-sac neighborhood say a large mailman stabbed and clubbed a wild turkey to death without provocation and then threatened a man who told him to stop.

Alaska's massive seabird die-off has extended to the shores of a national park located in the southwest corner of the state.

After a video of a pickup truck chasing a grizzly bear was posted to Facebook last week, federal authorities launched an investigation into the north-central Montana incident.

Cameras mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, that come too close to marine mammals in order to take pictures may be breaking the law and harming the animals.

Conservationists are calling for the Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its decision to not protect the dunes sagebrush lizard after news emerged that Texas fired the oil-and-gas-industry-funded organization the state had put in charge of its conservation efforts.

An advocacy group is warning senators about the potential pitfalls of a novel water infrastructure program that has been touted as a funding solution for the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

Fresh projections that the deficit will rise for the first time in five years during fiscal 2016 could help bolster House conservative calls for future spending cuts.

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