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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration needs a long-term plan for its aircraft fleet to ensure responsible investment in a handful of planes that provide data on everything from hurricanes to whale pods, according to a new watchdog report.

U.S. EPA's in-house watchdog office is rounding up staffers' passports after a recent report found that the office didn't keep tabs on how many employees had them.

A nutrient recycling firm is building the world's largest commercial fly farm in South Africa.

Coal producers in the Powder River Basin are facing a new tax from South Korea, a major importer of American coal.

Emissions from production partners and its own increasing water usage continue to dog Apple Inc.'s environmental reputation, but the company has markedly improved, it said this week.

The operator of the nation's first commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel plant revealed yesterday that it is exploring a sale in a bid to relieve its financial woes.

Training for the Olympics requires determination, skill and a whole lot of power -- power American skiers and snowboarders are now getting from the sun.

Officials yesterday said testing of thousands of air samples failed to provide an answer to why workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are getting sick.

Atlantic Coast states should be proactive in boosting offshore wind energy as a solution to spiking electricity prices and impending carbon regulations, environmental groups say in a report released today.

A West Virginia man pleaded guilty yesterday to filing false tax returns in a mining kickback scheme.

A federal judge yesterday declined to reconsider parts of a February ruling striking down the Bush administration's rule for coal strip mining near waterways.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a mutual aid agreement yesterday that will coordinate the work of eight states and two Canadian provinces to fight invasive species in the Great Lakes.

BP PLC's 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused abnormalities in Gulf Coast fish, a study shows.

Based on photos and tips from the public, investigators suspect a juvenile started the worst of nearly a dozen fires that tore through Southern California this spring, authorities said yesterday.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today continued her weeklong effort to promote the Land and Water Conservation Fund, announcing that $400,000 from the fund will be used to acquire a Civil War battlefield in eastern Virginia.

Researchers predict Africa's great apes are threatened by habitat destruction spurred by rising demands for palm oil.

Debra Kahn, E&E reporter

More than two dozen House members from both parties have formed a Refinery Caucus to help educate fellow lawmakers about the regulatory and economic state of downstream crude oil processors.