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A Maine Senate committee today will take up a bill that would give owners of plug-in vehicles a tax break. The up-to-$1,000 tax break in Sen. Geoffrey Gratwick's (D) language…

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comments on a proposed program that would boost businesses that undergo pollution-prevention audits. The Environmental Incentive Policy would reward businesses that…

On Vermont's Town Meeting Day, an annual state holiday when residents gather to talk about local issues, some communities will discuss resolutions opposing the transport of crude derived from Canadian…

Three state lawmakers introduced a bill that would give New Mexico control of millions of acres of federally owned land. The bipartisan bill would allow the state to manage the…

Local governments this winter are turning away from road salt to more environmentally friendly ways to treat roads. Counties in Minnesota have been using sugar cane molasses. Parts of Illinois…

A U.S. District Court judge has fined a Singapore-based container ship company $2.2 million for covering up the illegal dumping of oil and wastewater from one of its cargo ships…

One of the country's largest power companies will retire three coal-fired plants and make steep reductions in harmful sulfur dioxide emissions under a new agreement reached with several states, U.S.…

China Petrochemical Corp. said it would purchase half of Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s Mississippi Lime assets for $1.02 billion. Since 2010, the Asian energy company has bought $1.65 billion in Chesapeake's…

The construction of what would be one of the largest liquid petroleum storage units in the country has been thrown into question due to the burgeoning hydraulic fracturing industry. The…

Energy officials in Washington state discovered that six of the tanks holding radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation are leaking. The reservation has 177 single-walled tanks holding a total…

A wrinkle in laws meant to encourage renewable energy use has resulted in utility companies in Maryland and Washington, D.C., paying paper mills for "black liquor" energy. Black liquor is…

U.S. EPA on Friday released a final agency action that will allow several types of advanced biofuels to count for credit under the renewable fuel standard. In the rule, which…

Computer networks on oil rigs and platforms may be harmed by malicious software accidentally downloaded by workers. The infected files -- downloaded directly through satellite connections or brought aboard from…

A Minnesota judge has granted a temporary restraining order that halts a wind energy developer's turbine sales. The company, Renewable Energy SD, can still work on existing contracts if it…

Today marks the beginning of the trial surrounding the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and the lawyer representing Halliburton Co., Donald Godwin, is prepared to take center stage. In the run-up…

The timber industry is searching for a market to sell wood that has been damaged by a mountain pine beetle epidemic striking Black Hills National Forest. The beetles leave a…

Interstate fisheries regulators have asked their 14 member states to ban imports of three species of Asian horseshoe crabs, as the arthropods carry parasites and pathogens that could harm local…

Little snowfall and low snowpack is forcing Western ranchers, farmers and officials to face a grim future: Last summer's drought will likely continue this year. With lakes half full and…

NEW YORK -- An actress, an advertising executive and two scientists were among those named to the National Audubon Society's board of directors today. The conservation group, which is based…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials along with state law enforcement officials in Georgia and North Carolina began making arrests last week as part of a four-year-long undercover operation targeting…

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