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Onshore oil production rose significantly in 2013, while natural gas production on federal lands and waters continued its decadelong slide, according to a Greenwire analysis of newly released Interior Department data.

Can the fossil fuel boom and subsequent push for exports be used to support clean energy? During today's OnPoint, Joshua Freed, vice president for clean energy at Third Way, discusses his group's new proposal that pitches charging a fee for fossil fuel exports and using the money to support clean energy research and development.

Volunteers are collecting samples at beaches on the U.S. West Coast in an effort to help scientists study contaminated water that's drifting across the Pacific Ocean following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan that could reach the United States as early as next month.

The Chinese government's latest air pollution reduction pledge came yesterday as it promised to bring 60 percent of the country's cities under national pollution standards by 2020.

High pollution levels in Paris have pushed the French government to impose driving restrictions for the first time in two decades, one of several measures federal officials have taken to try to reduce smog in the city ahead of municipal elections.

A nuclear waste dump in western Pennsylvania contains more weapons-grade uranium and plutonium than first thought, a report by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general found.

Years after learning that waste rocket fuel may have been contaminating drinking water, some residents near a Halliburton Co. plant say the energy and manufacturing giant still isn't doing enough to clean the area.

A spill at a flooded oil well in North Dakota has been contained before any oil could leak into the nearby Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, officials said.

Nissan Motor Co. says it's on pace to reach its 2020 electric vehicle sales target ahead of schedule.

The Federal Railroad Administration is seeking public comment on requests by Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority for relief from "Buy America" requirements to allow assembly of a total of four prototype trainsets outside of the United States.

Landowners are gearing up for a lengthy fight over a proposed power plant project in western Arizona.

Environmental groups are criticizing government regulators over a sloppy cleanup job after a train carrying 2.9 million gallons of crude oil derailed and burned in a west Alabama swamp in early November 2013.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has formally notified Arkansas regulators that it has completed soil cleanup operations near Mayflower, Ark., where a pipeline ruptured last year.

The Energy Department today published a proposed rule to boost the energy efficiency of commercial ice makers that crown soda machines in fast food restaurants and haunt the hallways of hotels.

Federal judges on Friday rejected a challenge to Interior Department regulations following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill from two drilling companies that claimed they breached the terms of their leases for exploration on the outer continental shelf.

Industry groups are trying a number of legal responses to U.S. EPA asking a federal appeals court for a "voluntary remand" of air pollution standards for industrial boilers.

Charlie Porter, a pioneering rock climber who established several famous routes up the El Capitan formation in Yosemite National Park, died last month at 63.

Ducks have being dying in flocks due to the severe winter along the Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles area early this morning but didn't cause any reported damage.

Howard Buffett, the philanthropist and son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, donated $24 million last week to South African national parks services to fund a 30-month campaign against illegal rhinoceros poaching in Kruger Park.

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