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Millions of people in developing countries who live near toxic waste sites are at risk for potentially severe mental and physical health problems, a new study said.

Scientists discovered an abundance of man-made chemicals -- cocaine, bisphenol A, DEET, synthetic estrogen, antibiotics and antidepressants -- in lakes across Minnesota, including remote ones, signaling that some contamination is becoming common in virtually all the state's waters.

Nearly a month after the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, investigators have yet to publicly reveal details of their probe.

Tesla Motors wants to apply the Dell model to its popular Model S sedan, selling its cars directly to consumers. But state laws across the country stand in its way.

Space tourism through Virgin Galactic will have a minor impact on the environment, said billionaire and company owner Richard Branson.

Access to rail and bus service and the addition of sidewalks and bike paths in urban areas are motivating a growing number of Americans, primarily young people, to drive less, according to a study released yesterday.

The European Commission is investigating a number of major oil firms, including BP PLC, Statoil ASA and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, in a price-fixing probe.

Overseas lobbying that promoted biotech crops was paid for with U.S. taxpayer dollars, according to a report released yesterday.

Investigators at a nuclear power plant in Ohio have yet to identify who left two slightly radioactive goldfish in a pitcher found in a steam tunnel earlier this month.

Jere Thompson Jr. launched an unconventional energy service in 2006 by powering his parents' Dallas home. Now, Thompson's startup has amassed 1.1 million consumers across America.

A nuclear reactor at a plant north of New York City will be operating with an expired license.

Governments of the world's top oil-, gas- and mineral-producing nations are failing to disclose their business ties with energy companies, casting doubt on whether citizens are receiving a fair return on their resource wealth, according to a new report.

The federal government and its local partners spend billions of dollars a year on transportation and water infrastructure projects without properly weighing the impacts of climate change, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday.

A conservation group focused on protecting areas near Yellowstone National Park welcomed a new executive director yesterday.

The Arctic Council, the organization charged with coordinating policy in the world's northernmost region, today agreed to make China and other nations observers on the panel.

The Obama administration has withdrawn an appeal to a federal judge's decision to ax plans making the slickspot peppergrass a threatened species.

With flows on the Middle Rio Grande in central New Mexico expected to slow to a trickle this summer, the endangered silvery minnow is facing one of its worst years ever.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It's usually the Rio Grande's waning flow that gets the most attention from environmentalists and regulators, but water quality is also a big problem.

A legislative aide for Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) has joined the National Ocean Industries Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group that lobbies for access to federal waters.

Three Kentucky Republicans want assurances from the Obama administration that their efforts to keep jobs at a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Ky., are going to stick.

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