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Logging levels would more than double across 2.1 million acres of Oregon's federal forests and environmental reviews would be streamlined under sweeping legislation unveiled today by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Ambri. Evatran. Opower. They're not the top names for babies in 2013. Nor are they new miracle drugs. They're startups that are shaking up the energy industry.

The prime minister of Pakistan broke ground yesterday on a nearly $10 billion nuclear power facility the country plans to build with China.

Officials in Beijing are confiscating barbecue grills as part of a larger plan to reduce air pollution.

The European Union yesterday agreed to a compromise on stricter carbon dioxide emission standards for European cars, ending months of tense negotiations over new auto rules.

Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their homes overnight in northern Ohio after a potentially flammable liquid leaked from a rail car.

A company bidding for Fisker Automotive might leave the electric automaker's Delaware plant out of a final deal, according to a bankruptcy court filing.

A U.S. trial over bribery and fraud charges against lawyer Steven Donziger, who won a landmark 2011 case against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador in 2011, came to an end yesterday, with Chevron contending that Donziger and consultants had written most of the judge's ruling.

A judge has ruled that a California Sriracha hot sauce plant must be partially shut down after complaints from locals.

A bipartisan group of California lawmakers urged the U.S. Sentencing Commission to respond to the environmental harm caused by illegal marijuana growers on public and private lands.

The Lake Michigan whitefish is starting to show up in waters where it hasn't been spotted in 100 years.

More prison crews are fighting fires in the West as state and local authorities pick up more of the tab for battling wildfire blazes and turn to the inmates as the lowest-cost option.

Countries whose fishing fleets catch bluefin tuna and sharks have failed to agree on protections for the endangered porbeagle shark, environmental groups said.

Conservation groups want the Interior Department to hash out a deal with Alaska to establish a permanent wildlife buffer next to Denali National Park, citing new data that show a sharp decline in the number of wolf sightings.

A federal judge yesterday gave the National Marine Fisheries Service eight months to revise its plan for protecting dolphins, whales and other marine mammals from Navy training exercises in the Pacific Northwest.

Democrat John Hanger wants to take on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) in next year's election, but the state's top official isn't his only target: He also wants to take on the state's gas industry.

The Obama administration opened the comment period yesterday on its controversial estimate of the cost of carbon emissions after industry groups asked for a full rulemaking process on the figure.

Federal agencies have a packed schedule for the coming year that includes expected rules targeting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, tightening control over hydraulic fracturing on public lands and updating efficiency requirements on a variety of appliances, according to a sweeping plan released by the White House today.

John Beale's emails are a lot like any federal bureaucrat's -- with requests for meetings, jokes from co-workers and details about travel reimbursements. What's unusual are casual references to him missing work because he's at CIA headquarters -- Langley -- and the hefty price tags for some of his trips.

Illegal miners have been tapping into the Venezuelan Amazon in search of gold, diamonds and coltan.

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