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State efforts to repeal renewable energy standards and lost tax credits have wind power companies on the ropes, industry leaders say.

A federal jury in St. Paul, Minn., convicted Bixby Energy Systems founder Robert Walker of felony fraud, tax evasion and other charges yesterday, ending a trial that lasted more than seven weeks.

A New Jersey electric utility asked federal judges to overturn the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a regional operator's decision to charge it for grid upgrades that were completed more than a decade ago.

Charging that there's been an "unreasonable delay" in the rulemaking process, green groups are suing U.S. EPA to force the completion of a regulation requiring the public disclosure of certain pesticide ingredients.

A federal judge last week dismissed an indictment against former National Energy Technology Laboratory chief Anthony Cugini, who was found dead in a Pittsburgh-area park in January.

A conservation group is calling on knitters to use their craft to aid penguins caught in oil spills.

The widespread ice cover on the Great Lakes, along with near-record snowfall in some areas, should help the lakes rebuild their water levels, federal officials said this week.

Klamath tribes and ranchers have reached an agreement over water rights in a drought-ridden region of southern Oregon and Northern California.

A federal judge is giving the Obama administration more time to revise biological opinions for endangered fish in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta.

The Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced it has finalized a rule allowing hunting at six national wildlife refuges and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities at 20 more refuges.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested a fiscal 2015 budget increase this week to keep pace with increased environmental work on hydropower projects and a multiyear plan to consolidate the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters.

A multiagency working group set up by President Obama to enhance the safety of chemical plants will deliver a report to the White House by the end of May that could include recommendations for adoption of safer technology and other industry rules, officials announced today.

Ecosystem restoration advocates are unhappy about budget cuts proposed by President Obama, but many environmentalists are trying to look at the bright side.

Most people quickly ditch Michael Boots' first name.

U.S. EPA officials and their in-house watchdogs are waging a public turf war over employee investigations.

The House voted today 229-183 to block U.S. EPA's plans to limit power plant carbon emissions, striking at the heart of President Obama's Climate Action Plan. The measure by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) would prevent EPA from finalizing its proposal to require carbon capture and storage technology for all new coal-fired power plants and would make rules for existing power plants contingent on congressional approval.

A top Chinese government official said residents have no reason to be afraid of genetically modified food and added that he regularly eats the food himself.

More than a dozen robots have been deployed throughout the leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, investigating reactor breaches and cleaning up radioactive water.

Protests are increasing against China's plan to outsource coastal smog by moving power plants to the country's less populated West, which is inhabited by minorities.

Maryland has agreed to increase fees for pesticides to pay for studies of the chemicals' environmental impact.

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