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For most people, helium is necessary only at birthday parties.

Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx (D), President Obama's nominee to lead the Department of Transportation, reported a combined annual salary of nearly $130,000 as mayor and attorney for a bus manufacturer, according to a financial disclosure report made public this week.

Senate Republicans yesterday demanded information on data that link microscopic particles in the air to early deaths while questioning U.S. EPA nominee Gina McCarthy.

A bipartisan pair of senators yesterday introduced legislation that would effectively bar Brazilian sugar cane ethanol from counting for credit under domestic biofuel targets.

Nevada's congressional delegation, led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D), introduced legislation this week that would designate a pristine valley north of Las Vegas as a new national monument.

Environmentalists say a suit filed this week that charges U.S. EPA has not done enough to ensure that Utah is cleaning up fine particulate matter could force the agency to require more stringent action on fine particulates in other states.

The Obama administration's release yesterday of a sweeping rule governing oil and gas drilling across roughly 700 million acres of federal lands drew an expected firestorm of criticism from Republicans, and one salvo from the president's own party.

So far, Elizabeth Lytle has lost $452 due to sequestration.

WHARNCLIFFE, W.Va. -- It's been two years since Sen. Joe Manchin (D) and other West Virginia politicians gathered near here to break ground for and sing the praises of what they said would be the first U.S. plant to turn coal into gasoline -- and create hundreds of jobs on a former strip mine near the Kentucky line. Engineering and site preparation followed the pep rally, but there's not much to show for the effort in Mingo County, one of several CTL projects struggling in the face of expanded stores of cheap domestic petroleum and heightened environmental scrutiny.

What impact will Interior Secretary Sally Jewell have on the future of offshore drilling policy in the United States? During today's OnPoint, David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance, discusses Jewell's background and influence on energy policy. He also explains how the current level of partisanship in Washington could affect the United States' ability to reach energy self sufficiency.

The British researcher whose study established the existence of a U.S.-sized hole in the ozone has died at age 82.

An enforcement officer with the U.S. Virgin Islands environmental agency has been arrested on drug charges after he was allegedly found with 15 pounds of cocaine on a government patrol boat.

Revised legislation in Texas would revamp the state's Water Development Board before creating a $2 billion fund to provide low-interest loans for infrastructure projects.

The southern part of the High Plains Aquifer, located in Texas, Kansas and Colorado, is running out of water.

Car manufacturers will equip many new vehicles with up to 10-speed transmissions in the next few years in an effort to meet more stringent fuel ecomony and pollution regulations.

As the U.S. farming community continues to age, operators are having to focus on the complicated task of estate planning.

Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly plants to significantly increase its lithium-ion battery production to 200,000 units a year, a sixfold increase.

Tucked away amid the high-tech region between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the nondescript suburb of Fremont, Calif., is making a name for itself in manufacturing.

Tesla co-founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk is set to lead his company in repaying a $465 million Energy Department loan nine years ahead of schedule, following in the footsteps of Chrysler's Lee Iacocca, who also repaid that company's government debt early.

Several of the victims of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster suffered from black lung disease, researchers found in a new study.

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