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Solar panels are becoming a hot commodity, and the industry faces a global shortage due to increased demand for the renewable energy source.

Four officials at a Northern California slaughterhouse were indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges that they slaughtered at least 179 cows with cancer while government inspectors were taking lunch breaks and sold the meat to high-profile retailers.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges in a new 28-count indictment stemming from the utility's deadly pipeline blast in 2010.

Conservationist Andrew Sabin has given Columbia Law School $3.5 million to expand its climate change law program.

A Washington man is receiving treatment for rabies prevention after he was scratched by a bat at Olympic National Park last week.

Warnings of a potential volcanic eruption in Iceland prompted aviation officials to raise the threat to the industry to the second-highest level.

The week that traditionally heralds the beginning of the worst of hurricane season is unusually calm this year.

Residents in rural northwest Alaska are reporting increased numbers of dead fish washing up on an area river, raising concerns that warm weather is responsible.

An experienced rock climber fell to his death on a free climb only a few hours after proposing to his girlfriend on a different climb in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, officials said.

Yellowstone National Park officials have identified an 8-year-old girl who died in the park Sunday.

Minnesota has only 5,000 northern long-eared bats spread across a wide area, but businesses reliant on logging are worried that nationwide regulations to prevent the demise of the species could jeopardize their industries.

Montana wildlife officials are considering a plan to poison brook trout to remove them from a creek near Yellowstone National Park.

Superintendent Kate Cannon yesterday banned the use of drones in Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments to protect public safety, minimize visitor-user conflicts, and prevent damage to "scenic values, natural soundscapes and wildlife."

Salmon fishermen in Alaska may soon get checks from the government after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced its approval of the state's plan to spend disaster relief funds.

The Bureau of Land Management's Colorado state office has rejected administrative challenges by a conservation group and several local governments that argued against BLM extending the life of 25 contested oil and gas leases in the pristine Thompson Divide.

Greenpeace is using a comedy routine to campaign for a renewable-energy-powered Internet.

Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer's political action committee launched its first television attack against Colorado Rep. Cory Gardner today, criticizing the Republican as a climate science skeptic as he challenges Sen. Mark Udall (D) for his seat.

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy solicits Latino support for her agency's draft rule for curbing heat-trapping emissions from existing power plants in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed that calls greenhouse gases a health threat in areas with large Latino populations.

Amid a historic drought in California, a new team will monitor water use and issue fines in Los Angeles, the city's water agency said yesterday.

West Virginia's coal association this spring lost its top pick candidate in the open 2nd District race, but the influential group could still put its stamp on the general election and is mulling whether to make a new endorsement.

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