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Virginia state lawmakers decided this week to draw out a regulatory review of Dominion Virginia Power's project to permanently store coal ash at four sites.

John Goodenough, 94, wants to put fossil fuels out of business. And his new invention might help that mission.

State lawmakers and environmental groups clashed this week over the fate of the $5.1 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline as a critical federal public comment period came to a close.

In deciding how much ethanol to require for the U.S. fuel supply next year, U.S. EPA should consider consumers who don't want any at all, a trade group for oil and gas companies said today.

A catastrophic mudslide destroyed a Peruvian village last month, as large parts of South America have been pummeled by torrential rain, flooding and mudslides for weeks.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. today began operating the first large demonstration of carbon capture and sequestration technology at a biofuels plant.

An environmental lawyer wants the Supreme Court to review a lower court's finding that he fraudulently obtained a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron Corp. for alleged environmental damage in Ecuador.

Environmentalists are renewing their legal fight to void massive coal leases belonging to Peabody Energy Corp., which has just emerged from bankruptcy.

Dakota Access cannot keep a trove of information about oil spill risks out of the public eye.

Two critically endangered species that once thrived in the Colorado River now must go through man-created conditioning to survive.

An invasive species probably entered Minnesota when it was planted on land in a federal conservation program, agriculture officials said yesterday.

An area that was left out of the new Bears Ears National Monument designation in southeast Utah brought a sigh of relief to uranium miners while causing worry among paleontologists.

The National Park Service and a sightseeing company today squared off in federal court over who gets to run tours of the National Mall in D.C.

House lawmakers revived legislation today to use federal grants to train the next generation of mining engineers amid a rapidly aging workforce.

Advertising dollars are pouring into special elections for congressional seats vacated by people who now hold administrations jobs — including one race national groups were ignoring until now.

When Evaristo Cruz prepared to meet with U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for the first time earlier this week, he came ready to share a list of environmental priorities of tribes across the country.

California's Legislature yesterday approved a $52.4 billion transportation repair package, one funded by hiking fuel taxes and car registration fees and charging clean car owners $100 yearly.