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A loose barge leaked almost 10,000 gallons of biodiesel yesterday in the Mississippi River after hitting a concrete wharf wall, according to the Coast Guard.

Uber Technologies Inc. was already struggling to meet targets for its autonomous vehicle program before one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

A pilot project called Better Cobalt wants to produce the first "ethical cobalt" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as higher demand for the vital metal also increases child labor and other problems.

Work was temporarily suspended at a nuclear power plant in California after a loose bolt was discovered inside a canister.

Dominion Energy Inc. has reached a settlement with community groups in Virginia over a power line proposal, ending a three-year legal battle.

The former president of U.S. coal company Consol Energy Inc. filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that she was paid less than male subordinates.

Federal judges sought additional details Friday from U.S. EPA in a lawsuit challenging the agency's delay in Obama-era chemical safety rules.

Environmental groups today filed suit to block the Trump administration's repeal of a Clinton-era industrial pollution policy, a move made in tandem with the release of a report predicting that the rollback could lead to a surge in toxic air emissions.

Hecla Mining Co. is fighting a decision barring it from Montana due to the pollution caused by its chief executive's former company.

An environmental group is accusing Grand Teton National Park of keeping the public in the dark about the potential for more than 50 miles of fiber-optic cable and new cell towers in the park.

Despite the protests of over 25,000 people, a Starbucks opened last week in Yosemite National Park.

Humans are causing an "alarming" decline in biodiversity in plants and animals, according to a new study backed by the United Nations, threatening water and energy supplies.

Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello, a swing-seat Republican who bucked his party on issues including gun control and clean energy, will not run for re-election this fall.

President Trump will nominate a senior manager at Ford Motor Co. to head U.S. EPA's international and tribal affairs office.

One of the largest lobbying groups for automakers is staying publicly neutral about U.S. EPA's reported plans to relax Obama-era fuel economy standards.

Justice Anthony Kennedy will not participate in a case that asks the Supreme Court to decide whether Washington state's management of drainage tunnels has violated 1850s-era tribal treaty rights.

The acting head of the National Park Service faces an internal investigation after a female employee charged that she saw him make a crude gesture in a hallway at the Interior Department headquarters.

An enforcement breakthrough a decade in the making was unveiled last December: Three manufacturers of a sooty oil-based product known as carbon black had agreed to slash air pollution by thousands of tons each year. But there was a twist.