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John Beale is soon headed for prison, but first he's off to Cape Cod for the weekend.

The Internal Revenue Service does not have a permanent mechanism in place to identify renewable energy companies that improperly claimed both a grant and tax credit rather than choosing between the two, but a sample review suggests issues with as many as six in 10 beneficiaries, according to a new report from its inspector general.

As a rumor-besieged capital prepared for the release of a final environmental review of Keystone XL, expected as soon as this afternoon, climate activists slammed the State Department's decision to move before its own inspector general weighs in on bias charges that have plagued the pipeline analysis.

CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE, N.C. -- The Herbert C. Bonner Bridge is named after a snuff salesman-turned-World War I sergeant who went on to serve 12 terms in Congress before his death in 1965.

Five large oil and gas companies have become the first to enroll in a plan to conserve the lesser prairie chicken in an ambitious effort to keep the ground-dwelling bird off the endangered species list.

Political influence may have caused the National Park Service to take a "hands-off approach" in overseeing a cooperative agreement with a foundation connected to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, according to a newly released report.

President Obama has made a sweeping, high-level assessment of the nation's energy infrastructure a cornerstone of his climate plan. The launch earlier this month of his Quadrennial Energy Review was greeted enthusiastically by energy industry executives, regulators, lobbyists and policy wonks who see it as the Department of Energy's version of the Quadrennial Defense Review, a legislatively mandated analysis of Department of Defense strategies and priorities. Can the DOE review live up to the hype?

Workers, ships and aircraft are cleaning up 43,300 gallons of oil that spilled after an oil pipeline cracked off South Korea's southern coast, according to the country's coast guard.

As Ireland looks to harness its wind energy and export electricity to Britain, some worry about the plan's impact on the nation.

Massive sinkholes have appeared in countries like China and Guatemala, but it's in Florida where the problem is most severe.

A war of words over commercial fishing regulations has delayed the confirmation of Maryland's Department of Natural Resources secretary.

The controversial water czar of Las Vegas this week will step down from her post after nearly a quarter-century.

A Canadian smelting plant has spilled thousands of gallons of chemical waste into the Columbia River, officials said.

Tesla Motors Inc. says its recent cross-country tour deserves a place in "Guinness World Records."

An Army office created to develop quick fixes for battlefield problems, including energy challenges, will stay open even after the war in Afghanistan winds down, the service announced Friday.

President Obama has prohibited federal agencies from rejecting job candidates because of their unemployment history, releasing a memo Friday that aims to set an example for private employers.

A jury Friday found three women guilty of trespassing and obstructing police at the site of an Enbridge Inc. oil pipeline project in Stockbridge, Mich., last year.

Two top energy law firms plan to merge, creating a combined firm with more than 400 attorneys, the new company announced this week.

A fisherman who washed ashore in the Marshall Islands last week claims he survived 13 months at sea after his boat blew off course near Mexico in late 2012.

Wild salmon in Scotland are suffering from an epidemic of sea lice, according to a report from the British lifestyle magazine Country Life.

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