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Federal regulators have fined a Chevron Corp. refinery in Mississippi $24,000 for violations that led to the death of a worker last year.

West Virginia is slated to receive $5.6 million in federal funding for laid-off coal miners.

Washington, D.C.-based watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense is warning the Department of Energy to be skeptical of a coal-to-liquids project's request for financial backing.

Obama administration officials plan to roll out in midsummer a second phase of awards in a joint military biofuels program run by the departments of Defense, Energy and Agriculture.

Models used to predict the future rate of climate change could be "overly optimistic" about soil's role in storing carbon dioxide, according to new research.

Anglers and resort owners in Minnesota yesterday filed a lawsuit to overturn a new night-fishing ban on Lake Mille Lacs.

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service over a stalled water management plan for six wildlife refuges along the Oregon-California border.

A federal court judge ruled yesterday that a coal company was liable for discharges of the chemical element selenium from a West Virginia mine.

A federal judge yesterday declined to approve a proposed consent decree among U.S. EPA, environmental groups and coal ash interests in litigation concerning an agency rulemaking.

A public battle with a mating pair of ospreys has ended well for both the stubborn birds and the Maryland Transportation Authority.

Officials in Yosemite National Park are going to begin correcting the wrongs of the past 100-plus years, but a shrinking budget is forcing them to rely more and more on private donations to get the work done.

An American Indian tribe has received permission to release captive-bred condors along the Northern California coast.

Fish bred in hatcheries just don't bite as well as wild fish, according to growing evidence. Because wild fish generally must be released back into the water due to regulations, natural selection has allowed them to keep the impetus to bite baited hooks. That makes them easier to catch.

The movements of a threatened seabird found in the north Atlantic region will be tracked using solar-powered tags under a new project jointly led by the federal government and conservation groups.

A remote Nevada cave managed by the Bureau of Land Management will reopen tomorrow for the first time since vandals spray-painted walls and riddled an information kiosk with bullets.

Sharing a red rock canyon with the thin blue snake of the San Rafael River, a backcountry airstrip gives pilots a nice view and access to the remote reaches of southeast Utah.

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) recently floated a draft version of his bill to reauthorize the top U.S. fisheries law, proposing language that would add subsistence fishing to its purview and tweak the standard for rebuilding overfished stocks.

In the newest television spot promoting his Senate bid, former Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (R) touts his support for oil and gas development in the Last Frontier.

Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley (D) released the first television spot in his Senate bid today, a contrite biographical ad that emphasizes his roots in the Hawkeye State -- and contrasts with the disparaging remarks he made about Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R) farming background earlier this year.

The Transportation Department plans to send long-awaited safety rules for oil trains to the White House budget office next week, opening the next stage in a fierce regulatory battle that has pit crude producers against railroads.

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