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The European Union agreed to consider its first law to regulate the safety of offshore drilling across its 27-nation bloc. Members say the legislation could prevent a repeat of BP…

The Coast Guard has lifted a detention order on a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that was grounded in the Arctic late last year. The conical drilling rig, called…

Global installed capacity of utility-scale solar power plants will reach 12 gigawatts by next month, double the amount from this time last year, according to a new report. China, Germany…

Dow Chemical Co. must pay $400 million in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products, according to court documents. Dow was one of several chemical companies named…

In court papers filed last night, environmental and industry groups outlined a defense for U.S. EPA's mercury and air toxics rule, while a separate industry brief sought to rebuff environmentalists'…

Federal judges yesterday threw out a controversial National Marine Fisheries Service report that said three pesticides threaten the survival of endangered salmon and steelheads in the Pacific Northwest. The 4th…

Appalachian mountaintop-removal coal mining is destroying the region's natural ability to absorb heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions and creating another source of emissions linked to climate change, according to a recent…

Scientists are concerned about the impact that giant goldfish will have on Lake Tahoe's ecosystem after an influx of the fish somehow made its way into the waterway's famously clear…

Residents and officials were surprised this week to find a swath of clearcut trees on a bike trail next to Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio. Houston-based Enterprise Products…

Scientists have determined that the best way to get rid of Guam's invasive and detrimental snake population is to drop toxin-laced mice onto the island from planes. The brown tree…

Oceanic whitetip sharks have long been thought to wander the open seas, but new research is revealing a different pattern in the Atlantic Ocean -- a discovery that might make…

A final plan to limit the impact of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park has earned the endorsement of parks advocates, raising hopes that a 15-year battle over access to the…

An aide to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is moving to the private sector, where he will manage media relations for Wyoming-based coal company Cloud Peak Energy. Rick Curtsinger,…

The lead author of Mitt Romney's energy plan will head Devon Energy's Washington office. In addition to serving as the former presidential candidate's energy and environmental policy adviser, Rebecca Rosen…

Voters in Illinois will head to the polls Tuesday to select nominees to compete for ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s (D) 2nd District seat, with the winner of the crowded Democratic…

U.S. EPA air chief Gina McCarthy arrived yesterday at a Washington, D.C., meeting of state and federal regulators with an advance team in tow -- an unusual move for the…

The Department of Justice and BP PLC are scheduled to meet Monday for a high-stakes trial to determine how negligent the driller was leading up to the Deepwater Horizon spill…

California legislative leaders are withdrawing a controversial proposal to reduce the scope of the state's premier environmental law. The president of the state Senate backed away yesterday from a proposal…

Among those who used former U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's alias email address was the regional EPA administrator who likened his approach toward companies that pollute to that of the…

Rumors that President Obama may nominate nuclear physicist and university professor Ernest Moniz to replace Steven Chu as head of the Energy Department have triggered a debate among groups angling to tackle climate change about the role of natural gas. Obama is reportedly considering tapping Moniz, 69, to replace Chu, who announced his resignation earlier this month.

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