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The number of manatee deaths in Florida more than doubled last year, according to preliminary figures released by the state.

A coalition of New Mexico businesses today sent a letter to President Obama asking him to designate a national monument protecting the Organ Mountains and surrounding lands in Doña Ana County.

House lawmakers yesterday introduced two bills related to energy efficiency, including another Republican bid to repeal the phaseout of incandescent light bulbs.

Senate leaders on climate change action today announced the creation of yet another member task force aimed at raising the profile of global warming issues.

As the GOP readies its anti-poverty agenda following a fresh presidential focus on inequality, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today joined his ascendant home-state colleague Rand Paul in pushing for a vote on allowing struggling communities to apply for an "economic freedom zone" status that would suspend multiple U.S. EPA air and water rules.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) offered a public apology this morning over revelations that top aides incited traffic tie-ups as a form of political retribution -- at the same time as the U.S. Attorney's Office announced it will review whether federal laws were violated.

The head of the Bonneville Power Administration recently resigned in the wake of a scandal over the agency's illegal hiring practices.

Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated a low-cost battery that can be scaled to provide backup power for anything from large wind farms to a home with solar panels.

House Natural Resources Committee Republicans this morning accused Office of Surface Mining Director Joseph Pizarchik of misleading the panel during previous testimony about potential job losses connected to the forthcoming stream protection rule to protect waterways from coal extraction.

While a spate of nearly 3,000 wildfires blanketed parts of California in heavy smoke for days in the summer of 2008, Lisa Miller, a researcher at the California National Primate Research Center, saw a silver lining in the air pollution.

The Philippines and Vietnam are blasting a new Chinese law that requires foreign anglers to seek approval from Beijing before fishing in the South China Sea.

China's State Council will issue an administrative demerit against the top manager at the nation's largest oil refiner, which it says was responsible for a pipeline explosion last year that killed 62 people in the eastern port city of Qingdao.

Chile's Supreme Court ordered operations to stop at a 350-megawatt coal-fired thermoelectric power plant, citing concerns about pollution.

Food producers in Maine will have to label genetically modified products under a new bill signed by Gov. Paul LePage (R).

A coalition of environmental groups has asked a Delaware Superior Court judge to reconsider a decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to force state regulators to require the Delaware City Refinery to meet stricter pollution standards.

Italian officials today said the shipwrecked Costa Concordia will be removed from the Mediterranean Sea in June and dismantled for scrap at an as-yet-unidentified port.

The average fuel economy of cars sold in the United States last year increased by 1 mpg, according to new data.

Two big food companies this week announced new policies aimed at raising hogs more humanely, a major win for animal rights groups that have long been pushing for changes to the way animals are produced.

Operators of the high-voltage power grid and state regulators are scrambling to track rooftop solar and other small power systems that are booming under government efforts to promote renewable energy.

A record-setting heat wave in Australia has killed at least 50,000 bats, including members of one endangered species.

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