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A massive proposed wind power project on federal and private lands in southeast Wyoming has reached a critical regulatory milestone, with the state this week approving the final permit necessary to build up to 1,000 turbines in what would become one of the world's largest onshore wind farms.

Texas is mulling another challenge to U.S. EPA carbon limits, possibly by refusing to implement the agency's proposal for existing power plants.

U.S. EPA's greenhouse gas proposal for existing power plants doesn't do enough to boost nuclear energy, advocates for the industry say. Two months after EPA unveiled the proposal -- and just over two months before the end of the public comment period -- companies that have invested billions of dollars in the United States' primary source of zero-carbon baseload energy say they are still reviewing the draft. But while the industry has yet to reach a consensus position, some utilities say they are discouraged by the way the June 2 proposal treats new nuclear projects that are coming online or attempts to help existing facilities overcome the economic factors that threaten them with retirement.

Four of Britain's aging nuclear reactors have been taken offline after a routine inspection discovered a fault in a boiler unit.

Mexican officials yesterday restricted water supplies in communities across northern Mexico after a mine accident spilled 10 million gallons of toxic wastewater from a nearby copper mine.

Residents who live near an abandoned chemical plant in southeast Houston are urging cleanup at the site, citing risks posed by substances used at the facility.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s Total is the only toothpaste authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to use triclosan, a controversial chemical linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in some animal studies.

A moratorium that protected coastal Georgia's aquifer for 15 years expired earlier this year after a failed attempt to make the ban permanent.

U.S. EPA on Friday launched a partnership with its counterpart in Taiwan to clean up air pollution in Asian cities.

Opponents of Pebble LP copper and gold mine in southwestern Alaska are intensifying their warnings following a waste spill last week from a mine in Canada.

Wyoming-based Cloud Peak Energy Inc. has reached a $37 million deal to free up space at an existing Canadian port to allow for more coal exports to Asia.

South Korean scientists have discovered a novel way of conserving energy that may give smokers a reason not to toss their cigarette butts.

Canada's top environmental agency is set to employ new technology that would counteract the radar disruptions caused by wind farms.

While many associate oil fields with industrial places, their names often belie the image with monikers borrowed from comedy movies, sports chants or anything else that comes to the minds of geologists.

While oil production is up in every other state, Alaska's production stands at 25 percent of what it was during its peak in the 1980s.

The IRS on Friday clarified how it will evaluate companies hoping to take advantage of an expired renewable energy tax credit.

U.S. EPA boss Gina McCarthy wants kids to learn about climate change in school -- perhaps through putting solar panels on school rooftops.

The Oklahoma utility that lost a legal dispute last year with U.S. EPA over regional haze pollution says it will cost $1.1 billion over the next six years to comply with federal environmental mandates and modernize its operations.

A Venezuelan company, along with its Missouri-based construction partner that helped build numerous power plants in Venezuela during President Hugo Chavez's administration, are under investigation by federal and New York City prosecutors over allegations of bribing foreign officials, according to Wall Street Journal sources.

A former Interior Department attorney has joined BakerHostetler to lead its energy practice in Denver, the firm announced today.

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