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In 1990, then-U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called for a climate change policy, modeling her urge for an "insurance policy" on one proposed by Republican President Reagan. According to Ed…

Mary Peters, secretary of the Transportation Department during President George W. Bush's second term, said the next DOT secretary should focus on managing the effects of sequestration, which have already…

Prominently displayed on the Department of Energy's website for its Section 1705 loan guarantee effort is an estimate of the number of permanent and construction jobs created for each project…

Bills to regulate flame retardants permeated legislative agendas at the state level this year, but as sessions wind down, the measures that remain are mostly watered-down with little potential for…

As California considers an expanded ban on lead hunting ammunition, some key wildlife-management officials are pointing to recent lead-poisoning deaths of endangered California condors as evidence that voluntary measures are…

Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes will retire at the end of June after serving in the Obama administration for more than four years, the agency announced today. Hayes, who acted…

A little-noticed change in U.S. EPA air policy has turned a national pollution-monitoring network that has been providing data to researchers for 22 years into a regulatory tool, leaving states scrambling to figure out the implications.

Workers at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan are struggling to contain radioactive water that is gushing into the complex at a rate of 75 gallons per…

New Jersey's thousands of acres of landfills and brownfield sites may have a second use in hosting solar power projects. Public Service Electric and Gas announced it has reached a…

Colorado lawmakers passed a bill that would double the renewable energy standard for rural electric co-ops and the state's second-largest utility. The bill, which passed the House 37-27 yesterday, was…

At least 5,000 children's products that contain potentially hazardous chemicals are found on store shelves throughout Washington state, according to data compiled by two advocacy groups. Manufacturers of those products…

The Bureau of Land Management last week scrapped plans by two companies to mine limestone and dolomite on public lands in the southern Las Vegas Valley amid opposition from residents…

Community groups were disappointed when the Los Angeles City Council yesterday approved a $4.7 billion package of airport improvements for Los Angeles International Airport. The measure passed on a vote…

Washington tops the list of the country's most bicycle-friendly states for the sixth straight year in a survey released today by a national bicycle group. The League of American Bicyclists'…

Amtrak turns 42 today, but rather than celebrate, the railroad's top official said he needs a multiyear funding commitment from Congress to better accommodate a growing ridership along the Northeast…

Coda Holdings Inc., parent of the Los Angeles-based electric-car maker, has filed for bankruptcy and will focus on its energy-storage business, according to a statement by CEO Phil Murtaugh. The…

Verizon Communications Inc. will invest $100 million in solar power and fuel cells at 19 facilities in seven states to lessen its carbon footprint and make its operations less vulnerable…

The Department of Energy has denied a Freedom of Information Act request by the Associated Press regarding a Wyoming carbon-capture project. The carbon-capture study relates to Two Elk Energy Park,…

After finding a flood-barrier deficiency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it will increase oversight of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. When inspectors visited the Pennsylvania-based plant in 2011,…

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided a foreign company is too heavily invested in plans to build two nuclear reactors in Texas and stalled the project. Companies that are owned, controlled…

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