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A federal judge fined a Talos Energy LLC subsidiary $4 million for violating offshore safety and pollution laws off the Louisiana coast. The company was also sentenced to three years' probation.

A conservative organization says it has received a subpoena from the Virgin Islands attorney general to turn over information related to its climate and energy policy.

The Agriculture Department yesterday proposed more stringent animal welfare requirements for organic chicken and meat in a multibillion-dollar market that continues to expand each year.

Tall canopies of a tree called ohia once dominated Hawaiian forests, making up more than 80 percent of the state's native woodlands.

It's metal, about 2 feet tall, dates back to the 1930s and is more than just a sign to Yosemite National Park. The stolen Ahwahnee Hotel sign, which disappeared days before the hotel was stripped of its historic name amid a trademark tangle, continues to perplex federal investigators.

The longest-serving chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking on a new role as chief policy officer of SolarCity, the nation's largest solar provider.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) wants more information from the Energy Department before she'll support the White House's pending request to sell up to $375 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal 2017 to modernize the aging stockpile.

U.S. EPA and two environmental groups are strongly contesting bids by the state of Texas and several power companies for a court-ordered stay of regional haze regulations.

Companies, regulators and advocates say they still have many questions about the role of biomass in federal carbon reduction policies -- namely, the Clean Power Plan -- despite a daylong workshop hosted by U.S. EPA on the subject.

Before President Obama took office, the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) had two people on staff focusing on efficiency standards. Now it has four. The staff expansion was needed to keep up with a flood of federal efficiency rules on appliances ranging from rooftop air conditioners to walk-in freezers. The Obama administration has finalized 40 such rules establishing a minimum baseline for all new appliances, more than the George W. Bush and Clinton administrations combined.

A goat wandered into a California Starbucks yesterday, leading police to joke she was in need of a caffeine fix.

Appalachian Ohio group Rural Action attached motion-sensor cameras to trees in the Wayne National Forest, fastened a deer carcass to the ground and waited.

Washington state's attorney general wants the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pay millions of dollars in damages for violating public disclosure laws during its 2013 campaign against labeling genetically modified foods.

A controversial 46-turbine wind farm outside of Glenrock, Wyo., is under construction and could be operational by the end of this year, according to a spokeswoman for the developer.

In the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in suburban Washington, D.C., volunteers are being infected with malaria, a process that allows the military to observe how humans respond to treatment methods.

More than 3 million people in the United States use water systems that exceeded federal lead standards at least once in the last three years, according to a new analysis of U.S. EPA data.

The April 3 Amtrak crash in Chester, Pa., that killed two track workers and injured 30 passengers is resurfacing concerns about the rail's labor relations and safety practices.

Fans of Tesla Motors Inc. are hoping the Model 3's runaway success will encourage Connecticut lawmakers to change current policy restricting direct sales.