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Wyoming lawmakers yesterday passed a bill that would set money aside to fight U.S. EPA regulations in court and a resolution that would give the state more power to set its own carbon emissions standards.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) administration is moving ahead with a controversial plan to allow a company to dump millions of tons of petroleum-contaminated soils at a once-contaminated site west of Staten Island, conditionally approving the project last year without completing engineering studies.

United Auto Workers President Bob King said yesterday that he will continue seeking a deal to represent Tesla Motors Inc.'s nonunionized workforce.

China's largest auto parts firm plans to restart production of Fisker Automotive's failed luxury hybrid car.

Refiners and auto manufacturers last week said they doubted that flex-fuel vehicles designed to run on mostly corn-based fuel will fix the challenges with the federal ethanol mandate.

Federal funding cuts have crippled Alaska's volcano monitoring system, leaving scientists unable to predict potential eruptions at a handful of active volcanoes.

The Department of Labor announced a series of new policies yesterday that are meant to help coal miners obtain black lung disease benefits.

You might be able to buy a new car for $25,000, but it's harder to buy out a U.S. EPA employee for that much.

A Louisiana state judge has ordered the president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association to appear in court today or face jail for contempt of court.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss lawsuits filed by 11 Louisiana parishes against BP PLC, siding with the oil company in the dispute over whether it is liable under state law for ecological damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The San Diego City Council voted yesterday to close a stretch of beach in La Jolla, Calif., for the annual five-month seal pupping season.

Chuck Vance has made a living for decades salvaging flawed lumber from large mills and logging his 39-acre tree farm 20 miles south of Portland, Ore.

The barred owl is pushing out the threatened northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest, according to a new model developed by federal researchers.

The Agriculture Department today said it will provide $3 million to help improve honey bee health in five Midwestern states.

The Heinz Family Foundation is heralding the global ecosystem and land-use work of University of Minnesota professor Jonathan Foley by naming him one of five recipients of this year's Heinz Awards.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it will amend its resource management plan in northwest New Mexico to take stock of an expected boom in shale drilling.

The White House today announced the availability of $70 million for a new manufacturing institute to develop composite materials that will lower the cost and boost efficiency for vehicles, turbine blades and other technology.

President Obama's pick to be the Department of Justice's top environmental lawyer sailed through his Senate confirmation hearing today.

In the wake of a large coal ash spill in a North Carolina river this month, worried North Carolinians have been asking regulators to rid the state of old dumps.

General Electric Co. today launched a $1.4 billion global business to produce faster, cheaper and more efficient on-site power or "distributed generation," a sector the company expects to almost double in the next six years.

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