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The recent spat between electric carmaker Tesla Motors and The New York Times -- which gave one of the company's cars a bad review -- is a visible example of…

The United States' reputation for tough fuel economy standards was tarnished in November when U.S. EPA announced that Hyundai Motor Group had embellished the fuel mileage for…

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced a net loss of $128 million last week for the fourth quarter of 2012, evidence of the continuing financial misery in the U.S. coal industry.…

This year's harsh winter and high demand for heating has caused concern about New England's reliance on natural gas. Charges from Northeast Utilities, whose subsidiaries supply energy in Connecticut, Massachusetts…

The Navajo Nation and the owners of the Navajo Generating Station -- one of the largest sources of electricity in the Southwest -- have struck a preliminary deal that would…

A Nebraska utility company said the new path for TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline will delay work on electric transmission lines for the pipeline. Nebraska Public Power District officials…

A leading Afghan university is poised to be a national model for energy sustainability in the war-torn country due to a unique collaboration and the donation of $1 million worth…

Citgo Petroleum Corp. said it would pay New Hampshire $16 million as a settlement for a lawsuit over groundwater contamination by the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether, or MTBE. According…

Hundreds of people in the fishing industry are suffering as the numbers of fish stocks and boats are dropping to historically low levels. Ecosystem changes, decades of overfishing and problematic…

Millions of birds have descended on the south-central Kentucky city of Hopkinsville, population 35,000, for the winter, leaving the land covered in excrement and sickening humans. "I've got an apple…

A conservation group this weekend said it does not support a plan by Alaska's delegation to allow an Alaska Native-owned corporation to acquire roughly 70,000 acres of the Tongass National…

The U.S. ethanol industry is digging in to oppose accusations of illegal dumping in the European market even as producers in the European Union say they are ready to move…

Department of Energy management problems contributed to a break-in last year at one of the nation's most important nuclear weapons facilities by a group of activists led by an 82-year-old…

The Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., has long been a black eye for the federal government, having earned the title of the country's most contaminated piece of…

Nebraska Republican Sen. Mike Johanns won't seek re-election to the Senate in 2014, according to several reports today. The one-term senator announced in an email to supporters that it is…

A U.S. EPA science review has reaffirmed that exposure to ozone -- a precursor to smog -- is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease and death. The 1,200-page integrated science…

New Mexico's largest electricity provider will shutter two coal-fired units and burn natural gas at the San Juan Generating Station in the Four Corners area under a tentative agreement between…

HOUSTON -- Developers quietly ended their push last week to open a new Texas coal-fired power plant. White Stallion Energy LLC had been planning to build a new power station…

Leaders of a rally on the National Mall against the Keystone XL pipeline yesterday warned President Obama that approving the pipeline would betray his most passionate supporters and reward business interests that spent millions to defeat him last year. Thousands turned out to demonstrate on the mall and march past the White House with signs opposing the pipeline.

How will the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee address liquefied natural gas exports, climate change, natural gas development and nuclear waste storage? During today's OnPoint, Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)…

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