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A new study from Harvard University researchers says that 6 million Americans are drinking water with unsafe levels of a common industrial chemical that's been linked to serious health problems.

U.S. EPA has rebuffed requests from industry and environmentalists to reconsider 30 issues stemming from the 2012 regulations that set New Source Performance Standards and air pollution limits for oil and natural gas producers.

The slumping prices of crude oil and natural gas have taken a surprising toll on the recycling industry, which now faces competition from cheap new plastic.

A subsidiary of Chevron Corp. would pay for $143 million worth of cleanup work at a former New Mexico molybdenum mine site under a proposed settlement with the federal and state government.

A federal jury yesterday found California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. guilty of misleading federal investigators and failing to adequately inspect its pipeline system before the 2010 San Bruno explosion that killed eight people.

The Chickasaw National Recreation Area — Platt National Park until 1976 — continues to challenge public perceptions around nature and land use.

A rising star in the world of zoology is facing accusations of misconduct over allegations that he tried to illegally export animal specimens from Kenya.

Incoming Florida Senate President Joe Negron (R) said yesterday that state and federal action needs to be taken to buy the land currently used for sugar agriculture south of Lake Okeechobee to save the Everglades.

An explosion at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Saturday hurled molten rock onto the rim of Halemaumau Crater, destroying the power system for scientific instruments used for volcano research, park officials said yesterday.

Vog — a hazy mix of sulfur dioxide and fine particulates spewed by volcanoes — is a resident fixture on Hawaii's Big Island.

Senate Democrats are pressing Republican leaders on Capitol Hill to call Exxon Mobil Corp. executives to testify about the company's work and knowledge about climate change.

Laid-off coal miners should look no further than the solar industry for jobs that, on the whole, will come with a bigger paycheck, according to a new study in the journal Energy Economics.

The organization ScienceDebate.org has released the 20 questions it wants the presidential candidates to answer leading up to the November election.

Voters in a quartet of states last night ushered incumbent congressional lawmakers through their primary bids without incident, while also setting up House battleground contests in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Donald Trump's pledge to impose a moratorium on new federal regulations is raising questions about the fate of Department of Energy rules.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk wants control of your roof.

Unprecedented federal guidance for coal mine cleanup liabilities heeded demands from environmentalists, earning the Interior Department its usual scorn from industry for overplaying its regulatory hand.

The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to pass on a case that challenges the National Marine Fisheries Service's critical habitat protections for a threatened fish species.

In 2007, Mazda Motor Corp. made an outlandish promise. Though the company planned to continue exclusively making petroleum engines, its "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom Strategy" vowed to provide customers "with driving pleasure as well as outstanding environmental and safety performance." At the time, the promise seemed far-fetched: The most efficient engines were simply too weak. But Mazda delivered. Said John German, senior fellow at the International Council on Clean Transportation, "What Mazda has done is turn everything on its head."

A mining audit in the Philippines has led the government to halt operations at two more mines.

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