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The Obama administration plans to convene an expert panel to survey a growing body of research that links surface coal mining in Appalachia to health risks.

Controversy is stirring in North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's (R) office over an alleged meeting with a state Department of Health and Human Services employee to discuss do-not-drink notices for well owners near coal ash ponds.

A watchdog says the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development did not make sure that houses covered by federal insurance plans in Flint, Mich., had safe drinking water during the lead crisis.

Federal regulators and industry groups at a conference yesterday clashed over opposing claims of how proposed fuel economy standards would affect the auto industry.

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota Motor Corp. announced today that it is delaying the launch of its highly anticipated Prius Prime model.

An oil spill in a river in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is not dangerous to humans or wildlife and will likely dissipate soon, according to emergency crews.

The nation's chemicals watchdog yesterday slammed a California refinery for multiple sulfuric acid releases it called "preventable."

Energy trade groups yesterday asked U.S. EPA to pump the brakes on plans to expand methane regulations to existing oil and gas operations, as the agency works to finalize a request for up-to-date information from the industry.

In an ongoing court battle between Utah and Tesla Motors Inc., the state's car dealers recently spoke out against the electric car company opening up a $3 million showroom on their turf.

U.S. EPA is rejecting opponents' claims that two recent court rulings bolster their legal challenges against the Clean Power Plan.

Attorneys general for 11 states asked the Army Corps of Engineers this week to strike any reference to the Obama administration's contentious Clean Water Rule from a proposal to renew nationwide permits.

Scientists in Minnesota have discovered an evening bat -- a species new to the state and the first such discovery in more than a century.

Planes flying in fish for the yearly harvest have become the new salmon run for Canada's indigenous Tlingit people.

California fire officials announced yesterday that an abandoned, illegal campfire caused the Soberanes fire off the Big Sur coast.

The Bybee Creek Fire in Oregon is spreading, threatening parts of Crater Lake National Park.

Maryland environmental officials announced today that a heat wave has caused oxygen levels in the Chesapeake Bay to drop significantly.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a new policy yesterday that aims to inject "more certainty" into the process of divvying up fish.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has updated its guidance on how to predict the effects of man-made sound on marine mammals.

The Bureau of Land Management has appointed a veteran public lands manager to help the agency oversee renewable resources, including greater sage grouse conservation and wild horse and burro management.

An Exxon Mobil Corp. official yesterday said fossil fuels will remain a crucial energy source for years to come, dismissing as unfeasible the calls by some nations to ban oil and gas or sharply curtail their use.

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