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U.S. EPA's inspector general has begun an investigation into the agency's oversight of herbicide-resistant weeds and genetically engineered crops.

The Department of Energy today announced it has extended its contract with Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC for cleanup activities at the former uranium enrichment plant near Piketon, Ohio.

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog found the agency has kept track of its credit cards.

A hundred years ago, the Buckeye mine in Pennsylvania was booming, producing nearly a million tons of coal each year. The town of Nemacolin -- a community for miners that included a school, church, store and sports fields -- arose from its success.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will formally publish the final rule for offshore oil and gas leasing tomorrow, giving industry two months to make sure companies can comply.

Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy, and co-defendants Ryan Payne and Brian Cavalier have asked to defend themselves in Oregon first before they are transferred to Nevada for court action there.

A newly formed nonprofit that seeks to understand and plan for rising sea levels and shifting shorelines is looking for a home base. And Annapolis, Md., is one of its options.

Battling invasive species in the Great Lakes states could cost billions of dollars, several recent studies have found.

The domes and arches etched in Yosemite National Park's granite cliffs are constantly moving, and layers of the rock tend to peel off and flake about once a week.

An environmental group today warned that seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean could interfere with more than a dozen commercially important or imperiled marine species.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has been working over the past year to shield scientists working for public universities and agencies from what it says is harassment.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker today endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz in the GOP presidential primary, backing the Texas senator in his fight with front-runner Donald Trump to win the Badger State primary April 5.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund yesterday threw its support behind a quintet of California House Democrats fighting for re-election.

Weaning the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico away from oil power and updating energy infrastructure is a major component of a discussion draft of legislation to help the island address its economic problems. House Natural Resources Committee Republicans will formally unveil the language today.

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have drawn up a timeline for the chamber's Republican leadership to "reconsider" their position on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee and hold a confirmation vote before Memorial Day.

A Tennessee man with a troubled history who was shot by police as he sought to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a raised weapon yesterday is facing multiple criminal charges in the incident that led to a lockdown of Capitol Hill.

In 2012, an Idaho couple won big in the Supreme Court when the justices ruled they could bring a legal challenge against U.S. EPA enforcement actions that blocked the construction of their dream home.

NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Al Gore and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today accused fossil fuel companies of committing fraud by lying about climate change science while they announced a multistate effort to hold companies accountable.

A team of Stanford University scientists led by a former U.S. EPA investigator has linked hydraulic fracturing in Pavillion, Wyo., to underground drinking water contamination.

TONOPAH, Nev. -- Unlike most solar plants, Crescent Dunes can deliver electricity long after the sun has set. The plant last month reached full commercial operation, marking a major step in efforts to integrate renewable energy into the nation's power grid. Grid operators say the plant's salt storage technology is a potential game changer that lets solar plants mimic the around-the-clock reliability of a coal, gas or nuclear power plant.

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