Greenwire

Commonwealth Edison, or ComEd, the Chicago-based utility affiliate of Exelon Corp., has further trimmed an energy bill in the Illinois Legislature a week after dropping some of the most controversial provisions of what has become a highly disputed measure.

Officials in Texas announced yesterday the state's first case of Zika virus thought to be transmitted by local mosquitoes.

Uber-owned autonomous trucking company Otto violated Nevada's self-driving vehicle testing regulations when the company launched in May with a flashy demonstration of one of its trucks driving on Interstate 80 outside Reno.

Federal regulators have raised questions about the safety of General Motors' driver assistance technology set to be unveiled on the new Cadillac CT6 next year.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s $100 million budget shortfall, revealed just months after escaping bankruptcy, has revived concerns that the coal company could default on environment obligations, including water pollution settlements with environmental groups.

The advanced biofuels industry isn't likely to meet production targets set by the federal renewable fuel standard anytime soon, the Government Accountability Office said yesterday.

A Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit that backs conservation projects with an eye to accelerating carbon mitigation has inked a $5.5 million contract with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

The Associated Press, The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Oregon Public Broadcasting asked a federal judge yesterday to release the names of the jurors who last month acquitted seven defendants over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff earlier this year.

Three men pleaded guilty this week to eel trafficking, after illegally selling juvenile American eels they caught in South Carolina.

The U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance and eBay today launched a charity auction aimed at raising consumer awareness and stopping illegal trafficking.

Many wildlife rangers throughout Africa face increased risks to their safety from poachers and do not receive adequate provisions from their respective governments, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

High temperatures this year led to the largest die-off of corals on the Great Barrier Reef ever recorded, according to a new study.

Wildfires that continue to blaze across East Tennessee forced over 14,000 people in the city of Gatlinburg to evacuate last night, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed all of its facilities.

Oceana is accusing the Obama administration of allowing fishermen to catch the entire central subpopulation of the northern anchovy, filing a lawsuit that emphasizes the fish's importance as prey to marine mammals and birds.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today moved one step closer to reinstating federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken.

Dakota Access pipeline activists have responded to a reported influx of white protesters at the Standing Rock Sioux protest site by requesting that visitors stop treating the area like a festival with drugs, music and photo ops.

President-elect Donald Trump most likely cannot abolish the Energy Department's loan office.

Donelle Harder, former communications director for Senate Energy and Public Works Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), has accepted a job as vice president of communications at the Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association.

Panda bears, sea ducks, even Snuggies — all are items that have received federal funds and have now come under scrutiny from one of the Senate's fiscal hawks.

The House plans to move quickly next year to pass a sweeping regulatory reform measure, while also nullifying "midnight regulations" issued by the Obama administration in its closing days, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said this morning.

Latest Images