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Opponents of an oil drilling plan in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest say they're on pace to collect enough signatures to put the proposal up for a national referendum.

A crack in a leach tank has caused a major spill at a uranium mine in a national park in northern Australia.

Australia's federal government has approved one of the world's largest coal ports at Abbot Point, a project long opposed by environmentalists because of its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

U.S. EPA today added nine hazardous waste locations to its National Priorities List of Superfund sites, including three in Indiana and two more in North Carolina.

Detroit's deteriorating water infrastructure has become a problem as the city continues to deal with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country.

A Rio Grande Basin water rights dispute between Texas and New Mexico should be heard by the Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General's office argued in a brief filed yesterday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett yesterday announced that he will band together with eight other Northeast states asking U.S. EPA to force upwind states to lower air pollution emissions, the first Republican to partner on the petition.

General Motors Co. yesterday named Mary Barra as its next chief executive officer, making her the first woman to head a U.S. car company.

A judge yesterday fast-tracked bankruptcy proceedings for a failed electric vehicle maker that owes Delaware taxpayers $7.4 million in unpaid utility bills.

Mississippi's Public Service Commission rejected a merger proposal by Entergy Corp. and ITC Holdings Corp., saying the combined company would have raised rates by $300 million for the state's customers over 30 years.

The Food and Drug Administration today announced it is putting in place a voluntary plan to phase out medically important antimicrobial drugs that are added to livestock feed to make animals gain weight faster.

Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari will step down later this month, ending four-plus years as the agency's No. 2 official.

Duke Energy filed a $1.2 billion plan to decommission its Crystal River nuclear plant, which it decided to retire earlier this year to avoid a costly repair effort.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) has proposed an aggressive plan to try to plug more than a thousand abandoned oil and gas wells, a potential environmental problem that critics say the state has been slow to address.

The Energy Department today announced a $13 million investment in five projects to lower the cost of solar manufacturing as part of the White House push to cut carbon emissions and boost U.S. clean energy manufacturing competitiveness.

A U.S. district court judge scrapped some manslaughter charges faced by two former BP PLC supervisors following the 2010 offshore drilling rig explosion that killed 11 people and sparked the nation's worst oil spill.

Texas officials want to redraw the state's border with neighboring Oklahoma, reopening a long-standing dispute between the two states.

The prairie west of Houston has been recognized as an important area for birds by the National Audubon Society.

Oregon's State Land Board yesterday approved a sale that could lead to logging in Elliot State Forest.

The encroachment of development on Massachusetts forests will hurt the state's conservation gains and have a negative impact on water quality and resilience efforts, according to a new report.

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