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The Ethiopian government has penned a deal to allow an Icelandic power plant company to exploit geothermal energy released from an imploded volcano in the Rift Valley.

Japan's move to boost its production of plutonium has raised growing alarm in East Asia and the United States because of the material's suitability for both nuclear weapons and fuel.

A Hawaiian company has submitted a proposal to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources to transport vegetable-based biofuels through an old pipeline from ships docked at Hilo Harbor.

The Utah House yesterday approved a bill that would give wildlife officials authority to regulate the quagga mussel, an invasive species that has infested the state's waterways in recent years.

North Dakota officials say they have found a stash of radioactive oil filter socks in an abandoned gas station building in the small town of Noonan.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman is leaving to join a safety nonprofit.

A suspected arsonist worked at a South Carolina nuclear plant for several months after the plant's operator failed to fully screen the employee, according to records released yesterday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Sales of smart thermostats are poised to skyrocket in Texas, where more efficient energy use could lighten the load for electricity suppliers during sweltering summer months and potentially help the state avoid rolling blackouts.

A Texas oil company's decision to raise capital through the online currency Bitcoin has attracted the scrutiny of Texas securities regulators.

The Energy Department today announced a test sale of up to 5 million barrels of sour crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), its first oil release in more than a decade that is not tied to external price concerns motivated by natural disasters or geopolitics.

A state park in California will install animal-proof food lockers and keep tabs on the well-being of a West Coast seabird, thanks to a settlement between a state agency and the Center for Biological Diversity.

New Mexico accused the federal government of meddling in an interstate water battle with Texas that has reached the Supreme Court.

With its voracious appetite for snails, an invasive worm from New Guinea could threaten the future of a classic French dish.

European environmental groups want to ban a veterinary drug that has killed off millions of vultures.

A fire has destroyed more than 1 million incubating salmon eggs at an Alaska hatchery.

Artificial lights could affect the ability of tropical rainforests to regenerate, researchers said.

Industry groups and environmentalists are sparring over proposed changes to Miami's manatee protection plan.

The East Coast has seen a string of marine species devastated by disease in recent years, and many of the outbreaks may be partially connected, according to a scientist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

The Bureau of Land Management is asking university researchers, veterinarians and pharmaceutical companies to submit formal proposals for pilot projects aimed at developing techniques to control growing numbers of wild horses and burros across the West.

BYRON, Calif. -- Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said yesterday that new water storage projects could help address long-term supply issues in California, if not the current historic drought.

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