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A fire yesterday at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility at the California-Nevada border left the plant operating at one-third its normal capacity.

There's a new world record for solar cell efficiency.

An oil company is asking for charges to be dismissed in connection with a 2011 oil spill in Montana.

A $375 million settlement between thousands of homeowners and two federal contractors could end a 26-year legal battle over a Colorado nuclear weapons plant.

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies is asking that any settlement with Volkswagen AG over vehicle emissions be spent on reducing air pollution.

A 15-year-old boy accidentally killed a 500-pound male grizzly bear in eastern Idaho.

Unless immediate action is taken, more than a third of all of North America's birds could become extinct, scientists reported.

U.S. EPA's promise to expand the use of advanced biofuels isn't bringing the agency much applause from the Advanced Biofuels Business Council.

Florida is a retirement haven -- a fact that the state's congressional delegation is taking literally these days.

Sen. Joe Manchin fired back at critics today, more than a week after an attack ad from a conservative group accused the West Virginia Democrat of backing President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland.

Six states are pushing back against an emerging congressional deal on chemicals legislation, calling it insufficiently protective for their residents.

U.S. EPA's clampdown on chemicals used to make Teflon cookware, plastics and fabrics is likely to take a long time.

A 46-year-old Nevada man yesterday became the first to plead guilty to using force or intimidation to prevent employees of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge from doing their jobs.

Who wants to work for Donald Trump's U.S. EPA? Don't all raise a hand at once.

With administration officials, industry operatives and some environmentalists urging a regulatory path forward for nuclear energy, how are the dynamics of the conversation on nuclear shifting? During today's OnPoint, Michael Shellenberger, president and founder of Environmental Progress, explains his advocacy for nuclear energy and discusses the economic and environmental merits of nuclear compared with renewables and natural gas.

Poland has passed a new law that bans the construction of wind farms in certain areas.

With new Brazilian acting President Michel Temer in place after Dilma Rousseff was impeached and suspended from office two weeks ago, conservationists are sounding alarms that Temer's administration will do damage to environmental progress in the Amazon Basin.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says its proposed standards for water pollution do not decrease protections, despite environmental groups' protests to the contrary.

As traveling by cruise ship is quickly becoming the fastest-growing sector of the mass tourism industry and as boats are getting bigger and bigger, pollution is getting worse.

The Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a plan Friday to update its five-year nationwide permits to disturb wetlands and other waterways protected under federal law.

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