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A federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power related to a decades-old water rights fight. The issue revolves around Owens Lake, which…

As the drought in the United States stretches on, some people are turning to faith in hopes that prayer might deliver some much-needed rain. The drought has resulted in idle…

One of Arizona's longest free-flowing rivers could dry up within a few decades if development continues to deplete groundwater that sustains the waterway, a report released yesterday by an environmental…

To launch its new transportation unit, environmental consulting firm Cadmus Group Inc. has turned to 34-year-old Damon Fordham, a sustainability expert formerly with the industry's top lobby group and the…

At the start of fiscal 2014, states will either have to pick up the costs for 28 short-haul railroad routes or see them be closed. Amtrak, the operator of the…

A fire at the Labor Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., last night shut the building down for most of its employees. The cause of the fire at the Frances Perkins…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. used "manipulative schemes" to turn "money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers," according to a confidential government document. The bank received a notice in March from…

Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) has been elected to the board of Stillwater Mining Co., the state's largest public company. Schweitzer and three other outsiders were elected in a…

Coal companies are celebrating a rise in natural gas prices that they say will give their struggling industry a boost. With many large U.S. mining companies reporting losses for the…

An oil spill was discovered today in Michigan's Macomb County. Witnesses spotted a black sheen in the Red Run River, according to CBS Detroit. The spill's source is still unknown.…

About 30 homes were evacuated near a Louisiana town after an oil tank explosion last night. Flames burst 30 feet into the air when a tank near Denham Springs blew…

By now, fossil fuels were supposed to be out and renewable energy was supposed to be in. But the oil and gas boom throughout the past few years has turned…

The Energy Department is joining forces with a nuclear industry group to pursue a four-year, $16 million project to develop special lids for the dry casks that hold spent fuel.…

Little was expected from the U.N. climate talks that wrap up today in Bonn, Germany. But the sparsely attended meeting in the former West German Parliament building on the banks…

Indiana regulators have allowed ethanol plants to emit more than double the amount of pollutants they should have under federal air quality rules, a state court ruled this week in…

HOUSTON -- A group of environmental organizations representing communities in Louisiana and Texas are suing U.S. EPA over its approach to regulating large sources of industrial air pollution. Led by…

The National Mall, Washington, D.C.'s most-frequented national park, enters into its prime tourist season with no Fourth of July concert, fewer Park Police officers and an extensive amount of uncollected…

The director of Defenders of Wildlife's Rocky Mountain Region office in June will become the new conservation director at the Izaak Walton League. Mike Leahy, who joined Defenders in 2000…

The Department of Agriculture's recently retired natural resources chief, Dave White, will provide consulting services to a nonprofit that helps farmers put in place stewardship measures and advocates for conservation…

Environmental groups and Illinois' senior U.S. senator are asking the Department of Justice to strengthen an agreement with Lake Michigan Carferry Inc. that calls for the company to stop dumping…

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