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A major natural gas hub in Baumgarten, Austria, exploded today, killing a worker and injuring 18 people.

The dirty fog hanging over Salt Lake Valley, Utah, may stick around for the holidays.

At least 1,000 gallons of ethanol leaked onto an Iowa road after a semitruck and tanker trailer flipped yesterday, according to authorities.

Minnesota regulators are investigating a fatal workplace accident at a biomass plant that provides power to Xcel Energy Inc.

Electric cars are becoming more prevalent on roads across the United States, which isn't great news for local mechanics whose business has long relied on the quirks and inconsistencies of the internal combustion engine.

The nation's only underground nuclear waste repository will be able to start mining for the first time since a radiation release in 2014 after officials turn on an interim ventilation system this week.

Prominent government and corporate officials were on hand yesterday to dedicate two sprawling solar plants near Las Vegas.

One of Europe's most significant pipeline systems is temporarily shutting down, sending a shock through global oil markets.

The Arctic experienced its second warmest year in 2017, while the amount of winter sea ice was the lowest ever observed, NOAA said today.

A $1 billion fund launched last year plans to target five areas of the energy sector and is announcing new hires ranging from former Energy Secretary Steven Chu to former DOE official Arun Majumdar.

The president of a Pennsylvania environmental company will head to court today over accusations that he stored glass jugs full of hazardous waste in a basement for decades instead of paying disposal fees.

The North American Butterfly Association sued the Trump administration yesterday, saying preliminary work on President Trump's proposed border wall has violated the group's property rights.

California communities have tough regulations in place to contain wildfire destruction, but their success has been mixed in the current crop of blazes.

Over the past 13 months, 27 million trees have died in California after severe drought dried them out and damaged their defenses against bark beetles, the Forest Service said yesterday.

A measure tucked away in President Trump's decision to break up Bears Ears National Monument last week has some Native American tribes angry.

The Bureau of Land Management will decide by early next year whether to pursue formally amending sweeping federal greater sage grouse conservation plans after it reviews tens of thousands of public comments it received for and against altering them.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came down with a pair of decisions today affecting the future of uranium extraction near the Grand Canyon.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (D), a vocal advocate for action on climate change, died early this morning.

The former top air official at U.S. EPA during the Obama administration has joined Indiana University's environmental law program.

Lawmakers and the Trump administration are continuing to work toward comprehensive changes in the way the federal government combats wildfire, House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said yesterday.

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