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A solar installer is introducing a new system to help commercial building owners reduce their power fees during periods of highest demand.

At least 29 major companies -- including five oil companies -- are expecting to pay a price for carbon pollution as they develop their long-term financial plans.

Scientists have identified the ocean as a crucial part of balancing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but it may provide more potential than previously thought as a place to store the greenhouse gas.

A former paramedic who was on the scene when an explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. in Texas killed 15 people earlier this year has received a 21-month sentence for conspiring to make an unregistered firearm.

A Louisiana parish council has passed an ordinance that allows the local government to enter "reasonable attorneys fee" contracts when suing for wetlands damage.

A Chicago-area woman who devoted many hours to helping sick and injured wild animals has died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Biologists are trying to eradicate an invasive snake in Guam with dead mice filled with poison.

State and federal officials yesterday agreed to a water-sharing deal in the Upper Klamath Basin.

The deaths of 19 wildland firefighters were the result of Arizona fire officials' prioritizing protection of property over safety, a state commission reported yesterday.

Regulators this week decided to shut down the northern shrimp fishing season in the Gulf of Maine for 2014 after an assessment showed that the stock has collapsed.

Dozens of sportsmen's and conservation groups urged lawmakers yesterday to extend tax incentives for the conservation of private lands.

The Interior Department and U.S. EPA should use their existing legal authorities to reduce methane leaked by oil and natural gas systems, environmentalists said today.

Supporters and opponents of U.S. EPA's proposal to lower the federal targets for corn-based ethanol and advanced biofuels next year doubled down on their positions at a marathon listening session today attended by dozens of industry, agriculture and environmental groups.

A trio of House Democrats yesterday introduced legislation to require utilities to generate 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking to boost a trio of Republicans in new television spots out this week, targeting races in West Virginia and Idaho.

Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission warned House members today that energy reserves in the Midwest could be pinched the hardest when new U.S. EPA clean air rules take effect in 2016.

Francesca Grifo has been critiquing federal scientific integrity policies from the outside for years.

Environmental and industry advocates say a proposed air emissions reporting permit issued last week for BHP Billiton Ltd.'s San Juan Coal Mine in northwestern New Mexico is the first -- or among the first -- ever proposed for a coal mine.

Public lands emit nearly five times more greenhouse gases than they absorb, according to a new analysis from a left-leaning think tank.

President Obama more than doubled the government's renewable energy goal today, following through on a pledge he made five months ago to combat climate change through executive actions.

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