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First came U.S. EPA's fake spy, John Beale, followed by the agency employee who watched pornography on the job for several hours a day. In the latest case of outrageous misconduct, someone has been putting feces in the hallway at EPA's Denver office.

Carbon monoxide emitted from gasoline-powered houseboats caused 26 deaths in the United States between 1990 and 2008, but new technologies have made boats safer in recent years, according to a new federal report.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- At 460,000 acres, Eglin Air Force Base is considered the largest air force installation in the free world, with forest and beaches stretching across three Northwest Florida counties.

The Supreme Court ruled today that President Obama exceeded his constitutional authority when he named three to the National Labor Relations Board when the Senate was not technically in recess.

As Japan crafts its energy and climate strategies following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, critical questions remain about the direction of the country's energy policy. E&E Publishing reporter Hannah Northey will be reporting from Japan beginning next week. On today's The Cutting Edge, Northey previews her coverage of the challenges surrounding liquefied natural gas, nuclear and coal development in the country.

A state-owned gas pipeline exploded into flames today in the south of India, killing at least 15 people as homes were devastated and neighboring villages evacuated, officials said.

A veteran fisherman spotted and snagged Florida's most famous shark yesterday, bringing an end to an around-the-clock shark hunt that attracted hundreds of sightseers.

A bill that would ban pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania is moving through the state Legislature after two decades of little progress.

Michigan could lose federal funding to test water quality at local beaches because it hasn't implemented new U.S. EPA standards.

Ohio has reached a settlement with an anti-fracking group that claimed the state withheld public documents.

A British entrepreneur has produced the world's first fully recyclable paper cup.

A group of environmental scientists and researchers who this week launched a boycott of U.S. EPA's Integrated Risk Information System meetings for two heavy metals would have been welcomed there, the EPA official who manages the program said.

A resort area in Michigan could become the first in the state to be removed from the Areas of Concern list, a testament to the progress it has made cleaning up a legacy of environmental contamination.

North Carolina regulators are asking Duke Energy Corp. to fix additional leaking pipes in its coal ash dams.

Air pollution has decreased throughout the United States but still remains high in some urban areas, according to satellite imagery released yesterday by NASA.

U.S. EPA science advisers have officially endorsed a tighter ozone standard in the range of 60 to 70 parts per billion.

A New York solar firm has agreed to buy the assets of an Australian mining company that makes silica sand used to manufacture solar cells.

U.S. EPA released a proposal today aimed at phasing out the use of potent greenhouse gases in refrigerants and air conditioning.

An investigation of a radiation leak that affected workers and shut down an underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico is now focusing on the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a New Mexico official said yesterday.

The fireball from a natural gas pipeline explosion east of Houston injured a passing driver and damaged a nearby power plant yesterday.

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