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The nutrition labels on food products will get a major overhaul for the first time in 20 years.

The U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission yesterday launched investigations into Chinese solar panel producers, a step long pushed for by competing solar manufacturers.

Utility giant Duke Energy Corp. is asking North Carolina utility regulators to allow it to pay businesses and homeowners less money for the solar power they generate.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week slightly delayed issuing a final environmental impact statement and rule governing the storage of nuclear waste at reactors across the country, blaming the federal government shutdown and myriad public comments.

A Colorado-based power transmission organization is raising money for a $10 million contest to develop carbon dioxide capture and storage technology for coal-fired power plants.

Activists are waiting to see whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) will make good on a campaign promise to ban Central Park's carriage horses.

Devices that claim to repel sharks have seen an influx in sales on Maui amid an increase in attacks.

The number of pilot whale beachings in Florida has continued rising this week.

The number of pounds caught and revenue for the New England groundfish fishery in the season starting in 2012 are down compared to 2010 and 2011 figures, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A federal court has sealed the investigative reports on a September incident that ended with a National Park Service ranger shooting a 43-year-old man in front of his family.

All 45 Senate Republicans today appealed to President Obama for a decision on Keystone XL, raising the profile of the long-simmering pipeline debate ahead of his Tuesday State of the Union address as the State Department readies its final environmental review.

Democratic House members from the Midwest today called for a meeting with President Obama on a recent U.S. EPA proposal that would lower this year's ethanol and advanced biofuel mandates.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund is asking Illinois Democratic Rep. Bill Enyart to refund $5,000 in campaign donations because of the lawmaker's support for pro-coal legislation.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is among the previous recipients of campaign contributions from the owner of the company at the center of this month's West Virginia chemical leak who recently sent donations to recovery-focused charities, according to a GOP aide.

West Virginia scientists are criticizing U.S. EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for putting up "barriers" between scientists and the public in the aftermath of a chemical spill this month that left 300,000 without tap water for days.

In his first State of the Union speech in 2001, George W. Bush asked Congress to provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a bold proposal that many Republicans in today's Congress would balk at.

President Obama's first climate change "czar" defended his 2013 climate record today, telling reporters that the administration is "doing the work" on policies to address emissions.

Dale Kemery decided at age 6 he wanted to be a radio star.

The fight over California's beach fire pits and whether they're an invaluable icon or a health hazard is moving to the floor of the state Assembly.

Within days of the Jan. 9 chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without water, Sen. Joe Manchin was talking about what the government should do to make sure that wouldn't happen in his state again.

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