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Nineteen people were trapped for hours in neck-deep water when a flash flood swept through Hidden River Cave in Kentucky.

A 23-year-old man died after being attacked by a swarm of bees while on a hike.

Exelon Corp. is lobbying the Illinois Legislature in hopes of being granted financial aid.

A state task force said yesterday it will ask Nevada's Legislature next year to grandfather in existing rooftop solar customers who saw their rates adjusted this year.

A group of local leaders in Colorado has launched a coalition to encourage the state and federal government to more quickly implement the Clean Power Plan, among other actions.

A company is promising to convert wastewater from Chicago's largest sewage plant into fertilizer.

Ikea has said it will be a net exporter of renewable energy within four years.

Southern California's biggest electric utility must add energy storage this year to help prevent power blackouts, state regulators said yesterday.

A Washington man has been sentenced to six months in prison and a $5,000 restitution fee after he shot and killed a grizzly bear in northwestern Montana last year.

A court yesterday cleared Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s plan to restructure in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The year 1816 featured some of the strangest weather on record, with millions in North America seeing June snow, a cold July and frost in August.

Beach visitors in the Northeast should avoid taking selfies with baby seals, the federal government has warned.

An agreement among six states and the federal government to make the Interstate 35 corridor a friendlier habitat for bees and butterflies is a good first step to help pollinators, said an organization devoted to protecting insects.

The Atlantic hurricane season will likely be more active than recent years, with a 70 percent likelihood of four to eight hurricanes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Arch Coal Inc. yesterday exited the ownership group behind a proposed Washington state coal export terminal, retaining only shipping rights so long as the controversial facility manages to emerge from a contentious environmental review process.

The Solar Energy Industries Association named its general counsel, Tom Kimbis, as interim president today.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell called on the French government yesterday to work with the United States in repatriating Native American cultural objects.

Several dozen environmental groups are sounding alarms about a change in U.S. EPA enforcement policy they say has lessened attention to dangerous short-term bursts of toxic air pollution.

Former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii will run for the House seat being vacated by fellow Democratic Rep. Mark Takai.

Democrat Katie McGinty, who is vying for Pennsylvania's Senate seat, responded yesterday to a new ad from the Freedom Partners Action Fund that alleges she helped subsidize millions to favored companies during her time as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

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