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A federal court today upheld U.S. EPA's 2013 renewable fuel standard rule against a challenge from a refinery owned by Delta Air Lines Inc.

More than 50 retired Forest Service employees are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to remove the agency's director of law enforcement, citing his incompetence and the workforce's "broken spirit."

Second of three stories on the traditional energy industry's embrace of clean technology. Click here to read the first story.

The White House upped the ante today on its bet that Americans will care more about climate change if they understand its costs for their own communities, throwing resources and presidential star power behind the release of a new scientific report on the regional effects of warming.

As the nuclear energy industry continues to face challenges in the United States, what market, technology and policy changes could help revive the industry? During today's OnPoint, former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), co-chairman of the Exelon Corp.-funded Nuclear Matters campaign, discusses the role he believes nuclear energy should play in the United States' energy future and explains how the industry can get there.

Residents of a small Sri Lankan village say they are delighted after edible fish rained from the sky during a storm Monday.

Not even Israeli and Palestinian sewage can flow together in the divisive West Bank.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is facing an "unprecedented" threat from dredging and coastal development, a study shows.

Salt Lake City's mayor has put addressing the "dark cloud hanging over" his skyline at the top of the priority list for this year's budget.

A secretive Montana nonprofit run by two state lawmakers raised nearly $1 million in 2012.

A Washington county devastated by a mudslide that killed at least 41 people has retreated from a temporary ban on home development in landslide-prone areas, county officials said yesterday, citing the economic impact.

Residents are searching for answers about the causes of a landslide that broke water and sewer lines, toppled over trees, and moved earth over the weekend in Prince George's County, Md.

Baltimore has a new tool in the city's fight to clean up its trash-ridden Inner Harbor.

Maine's Department of Environmental Protection is facing criticism from environmentalists after putting the brakes on a proposed rule to limit formaldehyde in consumer products.

A Kansas town that rebuilt itself using clean energy following a 2007 tornado is struggling to attract new residents.

Chevron Corp. and the Patton Boggs law firm have reached a settlement in their lengthy legal battle over pollution left over in drilling waste pits in Ecuador. The Washington, D.C.-based law firm has agreed to pay the oil company $15 million, issue a statement of regret and withdraw from the ongoing Ecuador case.

The last members of the world's only captive hyena pack are being separated from each other and shipped out, representatives of the University of California, Berkeley, said yesterday.

As a couple of Utah counties press the Bureau of Land Management to round up wild horses, the agency captured eight animals from a private property northwest of Cedar City, a commissioner from Iron County said yesterday.

An Oakland, Calif., tree-trimming company has killed an unknown number of protected shorebirds, sparking outrage and a possible criminal investigation by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

California officials are considering a gravity-defying plan that would send water back to drought-stricken farms.

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