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Millions of U.S. children attend almost 10,000 schools that are within 1 mile of a large chemical facility, according to a report released yesterday by the advocacy group Center for Effective Government.

For the second time in three years, Portland, Ore., officials are draining millions of gallons of treated water from one of the city's open-air reservoirs because someone urinated in it.

Early sales numbers released this week show mixed results for Ford Motor Co.'s compressed natural gas F-150 pickup, which hasn't caught on with customers as quickly as the manufacturer had hoped.

Airline executives often talk about the burdens placed on them by higher fuel costs, but those costs have helped them become more disciplined about expenses and eliminate unprofitable routes.

China said today it would appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that said the country broke global trade rules when it limited the supply of rare earth minerals that could be exported.

Leaders of the country's largest environmental groups say they're not about to push for the construction of new nuclear reactors in the United States anytime soon -- even if a high-profile climate report out this week points to the power source as a critical means of tackling climate change.

Natural gas reserves are likely to grow and support the United States' move toward exporting domestic gas, according to a report the American Gas Association released today, as the topic heats up on Capitol Hill and beyond.

North Carolina's Republican Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday proposed draft legislation to boost regulatory oversight of the state's coal combustion waste dumps.

A member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today said the American Wind Energy Association presented "compelling" information that wind production tax credits are not making nuclear power less lucrative.

The White House this morning convened a summit designed to tout the dramatic growth in solar energy deployments and reductions in the technology's costs in the United States over the last several years, pledging additional government assistance to further expand the industry.

DENVER -- The Centennial State could see "disastrous" results if voters approve ballot initiatives this fall aimed at curbing oil and gas drilling in the state, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (R) warned yesterday, citing the potential for multiple lawsuits from mineral rights owners.

Biofuels trade organizations are opposing a motion filed in federal court that seeks to delay oil industry groups' challenges to U.S. EPA's 2013 renewable fuel targets.

Environmental groups are taking U.S. EPA back to court in a bid to push the agency into finalizing a cooling water intake rule that the regulator failed to release today after five deadline extensions.

Officials yesterday confirmed the death toll has risen to 39 in a mudslide that devastated Oso, Wash., last month.

California's Fish and Game Commission yesterday delayed a decision for three months on whether to list the gray wolf as endangered. Officials heard testimony from environmentalists who want gray wolves back in California as well as ranchers who want to keep the animals away from their cattle.

A group of scientists and food advocates are releasing more than two dozen new varieties of crops under an "open source pledge" in hopes of changing the rules that govern seeds.

A day after BP PLC announced that cleanup operations had ended along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said the company was wrong to imply there wasn't significant work left to be done to restore the area.

Californians overwhelmingly believe the state is suffering a water shortage but disagree about whether to ease environmental rules to increase supplies, a poll said yesterday.

Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell yesterday said agency officials need to better communicate with law enforcement officers by including them in discussions about setting priorities and explaining the rationale for major decisions.

A groundbreaking new federal study has measured toxic mercury in fish sampled from waterways at 21 National Park Service units across the West and Alaska, though in most of the fish the concentrations were below levels considered unsafe for human consumption.

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