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No humans will directly operate Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model 3 factory when it gets fully up and running, CEO Elon Musk told analysts this week. Instead, the factory making the upcoming low-cost model will be a "machine that makes the machine," so advanced it resembles an "alien dreadnought."

A diesel industry trade group wants the proposed $14.7 billion Volkswagen air pollution settlement with the government to include more incentives for updating diesel fleets. But the request has some environmentalists scratching their heads.

The Department of Energy has added more protection for whistleblowers after its record of responding to complaints has come under congressional scrutiny.

Whether the Obama administration's new climate change guidance will substantially affect federal reviews of natural gas infrastructure may not be clear until the courts weigh in, a top federal energy regulator said yesterday.

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment reported a deep drop in attendance, particularly at its Florida parks, in its second-quarter earnings report released yesterday.

U.S. ethanol plants are finding surprising demand in Brazil, where production is falling short because mills are cashing in on high sugar prices by creating sweetener instead of fuel.

The World Bank yesterday approved new rules to expand environmental and social protections in its development projects and make it easier for developers to comply with its standards.

Technology giant Apple Inc. may begin selling the power it generates from a 130-megawatt solar array, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled yesterday.

EHRENFELD, Pa. — A toxic shadow hangs over this tiny Cambria County borough of roughly 200 people decades after coal mining ceased.

A federal judge in Montana has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management relied on outdated information to form a population management plan to remove wild horses from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range last year.

Consol Energy Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million in penalties to resolve Clean Water Act violation allegations, the Justice Department announced yesterday.

Government regulators failed to properly consider ways to minimize killing or harming endangered bats before issuing permits to an Ohio wind project, federal judges ruled today.

A 105-year-old orca was spotted off the coast of Washington last week, the Orca Network says. Nicknamed "Granny," she is the oldest known living orca in the world — and she seems to be faring well.

Badgers may not spread tuberculosis to cattle herds through direct contact, as scientists believed for years, according to a new study.

A deadly wildfire burning across California's Central Coast grew yesterday to 51,000 acres and is spreading into areas burned by a huge 2008 fire.

President Obama yesterday announced the appointment of six people to serve on advisory councils and commissions in his administration, including the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

The Earth & Water Group, staffed by several high-ranking U.S. EPA officials, has registered its first lobbying client.

Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais easily survived a GOP primary challenge last night despite being outspent nearly 3 to 1, all but securing his re-election in the Murfreesboro-based 4th District seat.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign unveiled an all-male economic advisory team today featuring Continental Resources Inc. CEO Harold Hamm, one of the oil industry's most politically connected executives.

The so-called war on coal has "already worked," a former Republican congressman whose support for a carbon tax contributed to his 2010 defeat said yesterday, citing the role of natural gas in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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