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Utah physician Brian Moench is worried. There's only anecdotal evidence so far, but Moench maintains that oil and gas drilling in the Uinta Basin that straddles Utah and Colorado is almost certainly causing health problems for residents, including increased infant mortality. But EPA has yet to declare the region out of attainment with federal ozone standards, a designation that would force the state to write a plan to reduce pollution. The reason? Air monitors that have recorded ozone readings in excess of federal limits for three consecutive years don't meet EPA standards and can't be used for enforcement.

Following last week's announcement by the Obama administration that it will explore the possibility of regulating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, what are the potential impacts on states and industry if federal methane rules are implemented? During today's OnPoint, Thomas Lorenzen, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney and the former assistant chief in the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice, discusses the significance of the interagency analysis and talks about the administration's next steps.

Residents of a town near the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant who evacuated in the wake of the 2011 tsunami, earthquake and meltdown face a difficult decision now that the area has been reopened.

A company that wants to build a uranium-enrichment plant in Ohio is facing financial woes as the latest of a number of government cash bundles that have kept the plant going for the past few years runs out on April 15.

The Department of Energy now believes four additional workers were exposed to low levels of radiation after an accident earlier this year at the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump.

Scientists have released a study showing that decades of widespread use of antimicrobials commonly found in soaps, household cleaning products and even toothpaste creates environmental damage to wildlife and water supplies while leaving consumers with no measurable benefits.

Washington state officials say the federal government has missed key deadlines to clean up 56 million gallons of radioactive waste at the former Hanford nuclear site.

Velveta Golightly-Howell has her work cut out for her.

China is becoming a front-runner in developing cutting-edge renewable energy technology as the country looks to harness the power of its oceans.

Replacing steel and concrete with wood in building construction would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce fossil fuel consumption, according to a new report led by Yale University.

Satellite sensors have found the U.S. Corn Belt during the growing season to be the most productive spot in the world for converting carbon dioxide and sunlight into usable energy, according to a new research paper.

U.S. EPA yesterday proposed to issue the first ever permits for the underground injection and permanent storage of carbon dioxide captured from a coal-fired power plant.

An Italian court yesterday found Eni SpA CEO Paolo Scaroni guilty of committing environmental crimes during his tenure at a utility company a decade ago.

A former employee of a DuPont Co. chemical plant in Ascension Parish, La., has sued the company, alleging the plant regularly leaked cancer-causing gas at the site.

A federal judge this month ruled Chevron Corp. can bring claims against a Washington, D.C., law firm for allegedly committing fraud while collecting a multibillion-dollar settlement over pollution in Ecuador.

Private concessionaires who operate Forest Service recreation sites are exempt from a 2004 law that dictates when they can charge fees to visitors, a federal district court has found.