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California will use $2.4 billion from a new gas tax and vehicle fees for dozens of transit projects, including preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Southern California.

Tesla Inc. is taking on utilities in a clash over electric vehicle rebates in California.

A Tesla Inc. shareholder has urged the company to adopt a policy requiring an independent chairman.

Arch Coal Inc. plans to scale back output from its largest mine by around 10 million tons this year, bringing production back to near 2016 levels.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry's son owns a private investment firm that's seeking investors for a new energy fund, raising some ethics concerns.

The state of Minnesota has decided not to move forward with creating a plan to protect wild rice against pollution from taconite mines and wastewater treatment plants.

California regulators yesterday hit Pacific Gas and Electric Co. with a $97.5 million fine for improper private communications with their agency after the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.

Fires have been extinguished at a northern Wisconsin oil refinery after an explosion yesterday morning injured at least 20 and sent black smoke across the region.

First Solar Inc. announced yesterday that it plans to construct a new solar panel factory in Ohio, tripling its domestic manufacturing capacity.

The Department of Energy today announced that it is giving out $60 million in grants for 13 advanced nuclear projects, a day after signing an agreement with France to cooperate on a specific experimental reactor technology.

A federal appeals court today ruled that a lower court correctly tossed out an Arch Coal Inc. lawsuit challenging a federal bulletin that the company says put it on the hook for more than $10 million in black lung claims.

Alba, the only known albino member of a falling population of Borneo orangutans, will get an island for her own protection.

Prominent conservationist Rose Chilcoat and her husband, Mark Franklin, will face a jury over felony charges that they tried to kill cattle by closing a ranch gate and then retaliated against the ranchers by filing a complaint with federal officials.

Colorado regulators yesterday rejected a controversial proposed gravel pit in key elk and bird habitat south of Colorado Springs.

Hurricane Harvey's devastation has fundamentally transformed Houston's real estate market.

President Trump declared Alabama a major disaster area due to the tornadoes and storms that bombarded the state March 19, according to Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.).

The Trump administration today announced it has completed a yearslong analysis of a massive open-pit gold mining project in Alaska's remote southwestern Kuskokwim Mountains, a move that brings two Canadian mining companies closer to accessing one of the world's largest gold deposits.