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Electric car sales in China are proving to be a bust, alleviating fears that the country would beat the United States in the competition to put the vehicles on the…

Utility industry executives are united in their concern over possible climate legislation and grid reliability but are split on whether state renewable energy goals will raise prices for consumers, according…

As the back and forth over ethanol continues on Capitol Hill, Wisconsin yesterday became the sixth state to offer gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol. The fuel, known as E15, is…

An environmental group said yesterday it has filed a petition to intercede in the Tennessee Valley Authority's request to renew licenses for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. The Blue Ridge Environmental…

The oil spill earlier this year in Mayflower, Ark., has raised public health concerns, state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) said yesterday. As a result, McDaniel said, he will create…

Wisconsin's Kewaunee nuclear power plant shut down yesterday, but it is set to pioneer changes in the U.S. nuclear industry. The plant, which was closed because it is no longer…

At least 20 people died yesterday when a tanker truck loaded with liquefied petroleum gas crashed through a guard rail and the gas exploded. One of the two gas tanks…

A U.S. district court judge is putting a call out to the environmental community for ideas on how to sentence a Texas natural gas company. Originally, U.S. District Judge William…

The Deepwater Horizon Claims Center that oversees the settlement between BP PLC and the private claimants who were affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has paid out…

Three peace activists imperiled U.S. national security last year when they broke into a secure facility that houses enriched uranium for nuclear bombs, a federal official said yesterday at their…

A former BP PLC engineer has been ordered to turn over unredacted emails to the government for its investigation into whether the British oil company deliberately misled investigators about the…

Offshore wind farms could help boost the lobster population in the North Sea, according to German researchers. At the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, scientists are making plans…

China and India are locked in a rivalry for resources and markets that has the potential to affect diplomacy and institutions around the world. That rivalry includes the countries' influence…

Seafood caught illegally accounted for between $10 billion and $23 billion in global losses last year, conservation group Oceana said today. To get its estimate, the group compared countries' fish…

The Forest Service is considering a mining company's proposed leasing of more than 400 acres of federally owned coal within the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio. The agency released…

A top Interior Department official later this month is expected to travel to King Cove, Alaska, to discuss a controversial road proposal through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a project…

A coalition of environmental groups is appealing the Forest Service's decision last month to reopen dozens of caves across the Rocky Mountain region, arguing the service has not done enough…

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) introduced legislation this week that would limit truck sizes on state highways. The bill would apply the 80,000-pound weight limit and a maximum length of 53…

Sylvia Mathews Burwell has been the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget for 14 days. That's 800 fewer days than a proposed rule to protect workers…

Lawmakers today will introduce bipartisan legislation in both the House and Senate to establish a U.S. science laureate post to encourage science education and promote scientific achievement. The position, modeled…

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