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Lead levels are dropping in the water of Flint, Mich., local, state and federal officials said.

U.S. EPA is poised to formally issue an overhaul of its accident prevention program for thousands of chemical plants, refineries and other industrial facilities, opening the door to potential legal challenges.

Thousands of gallons of diesel reportedly spilled on an Alaska highway after a double tanker-trailer rolled into a ditch Monday afternoon.

An explosion yesterday at an oil well site near the Montana-North Dakota border was felt nearly 4 miles away.

Two Chinese companies have proposed a solar farm on land contaminated by the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine.

Seventeen nuclear reactors in the United States have parts from a French forge that is under investigation for allegedly falsifying documents about the quality of its parts.

NuScale Power LLC has become the first U.S. company today to apply for federal approval of a small modular reactor design, a technology embraced by boosters of nuclear power as a way forward for their industry and a carbon-free replacement for coal-fired plants.

The latest storm to sweep across Northern California whipped up a small tornado that downed trees and fences near Sacramento.

Corn-based ethanol contributes 43 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline, and the biofuel's advantage is likely to grow if the industry keeps up with conservation practices, the Department of Agriculture said.

Utah environmentalists are suing the Diesel Brothers, Discovery Channel personalities known for their work with diesel trucks.

A West Virginia federal judge yesterday ordered U.S. EPA to quantify the impact on the coal industry of its air regulations under the current administration.

A federal judge yesterday ordered a blogger to stop revealing the identities of FBI confidential informants using documents related to the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter.

An Arizona city is seeing progress after it made a decadeslong committment to keeping its sky dark for stargazers and wildlife, according to the National Park Service.

A federal decision to vacate protections for over 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park has been delayed due to vociferous opposition from conservationists, some scientists and dozens of Native American nations.

The giant manta ray — but not the reef manta ray or the Alabama shad — would gain protection under the Endangered Species Act under new proposals from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Interior Department yesterday unveiled two dozen new National Historic Landmarks, including the archaeological district of Walrus Islands in Alaska and a national park headquarters in Arizona.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shelved plans to make some observer data confidential, announcing today that the change is "not warranted at this time."

Industry leaders who support international efforts to phase down heat-trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) announced today that they have sent the Trump administration a list of legislative and regulatory priorities.

The Interior Department yesterday extended an olive branch to both sides of the debate over the federal program for leasing public coal to mining companies.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing next week to consider President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to lead the Energy Department.

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