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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is remapping parts of the East Coast affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said today that he will look to a diverse panel of academics, former government officials, environmentalists and industry representatives to offer advice on a range of issues he will confront over the duration of his term atop the Department of Energy.

The Energy Department and the state of New Jersey are working together on an advanced microgrid to prevent the next major storm from wiping out New Jersey's transit system, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said today in Secaucus, N.J.

Even as it approaches bankruptcy, Luminant Mining Co. has been allowed to continue mining in eastern Texas without a reserve fund to finance its reclamation projects.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Inside the main garage at the Amtrak maintenance hub here, engineers continue to test a locomotive that, when it officially joins the Northeastern fleet in the fall, could help shave several minutes off trips between Boston and Washington, D.C.

Energy companies in recent years quietly have used a production technique known as "acidizing" to tap the Monterey Shale's estimated 15.4 billion barrels of oil. But environmental groups and some state lawmakers are starting to raise concerns.

Entergy Corp. officials have taken the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Mass., offline for the second time this year as a result of electrical problems with the water pumps.

The operators of the largest oil refinery in the United States have shut most of the plant down after a series of fires and mechanical failures during the past two weeks.

More gas stations are selling gasoline containing up to 85 percent ethanol, or E85, to owners of flex-fuel vehicles this year, according to renewable fuel groups.

Almost exactly two years after the bankruptcy of the Solyndra solar energy company made the Department of Energy's Loan Program Office a target of Republican charges of cronyism, the office is again making news for all the wrong reasons.

Ocean acidification poses a significant threat to all types of marine life, according to new research.

Kentucky U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Russell ruled on Friday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers in a dispute with environmental groups over a James River Coal Co. project.

For more than 20 years, John Ackerman has collected caves. He sets out from his home base in the Twin Cities of Minnesota to explore and acquire the underground spaces.

A giant panda last week gave birth to an apparently healthy cub at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

South Florida's Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties are becoming increasingly concerned about coastal erosion and the rapidly diminishing supply of sand used to replenish their beaches.

Wild pigs are devouring crops, uprooting pastures, destroying wildlife habitats, spreading disease to humans and animals and even knocking over cemetery stones in Oklahoma.

As federal funding for the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center outside of Las Vegas dries up, officials are making plans to euthanize hundreds of the tortoises and to shut down the site.

Mercury levels in Pacific Ocean fish will likely rise in the coming decades, according to a new study that found a correlation between the depths at which certain species feed and their levels of mercury.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A growing wildfire in Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest is threatening the Bay Area's water and power supplies and thousands of buildings, leading federal officials to declare it a top firefighting priority.

Canada has long argued that the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline would not worsen global warming, but new documents show that government officials believe the project would increase carbon-intensive oil sands production in Alberta.

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