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OCEAN CITY, Md. -- A gorgeous sunset glimmered over Assawoman Bay, a pianist tickled his way through the top pop hits of the 1970s and '80s, and the venue, Fresco's, was voted this resort town's best romantic dining spot by Coastal Style magazine. So it was hard not to get swept up by the romance of the setting and the moment.

Burning coal in South Korean power plants would produce fewer planet-warming emissions per unit of electricity than if that same coal was burned in the United States, according to a study released a day after Oregon regulators delivered a severe blow to the export proposal researchers examined.

India's government may seek investments from private companies and citizens living in other countries to clean up the Ganges River.

New wind energy regulations in Alabama caused a wind farm developer to abandon two projects in the state, the company's attorney said.

An unprecedented collaboration by conservation groups and Texas officials will ensure that one of the last remaining examples of native Texas coastline is permanently protected.

Crews continue to remove oil and contaminated water from the Ohio River south of Cincinnati today in the wake of Monday's spill from a Duke Energy Corp. power plant.

Free blood tests being offered to Los Angeles County, Calif., residents who may have been exposed to lead pollution from a troubled battery recycling plant are not producing useful information yet because few residents have participated, county officials say.

Texas environment watchdogs yesterday voted to allow a radioactive waste specialist to triple the capacity of a waste dump site in Andrews County.

A joint BP PLC-DuPont Co. venture has launched the first stage of a project to retool a corn ethanol plant to produce a new alternative fuel.

Michigan State University researchers are seeing their way through a new clear solar energy cell that can be used on windows, cellphones and other devices.

A well owner is suing an Ohio man over controversial anti-hydraulic fracturing billboards.

A federal grand jury is investigating a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. blast in Carmel, Calif., that the company blamed on incomplete pipeline records.

The Army Corps of Engineers does not need to take scientific studies into account linking mountaintop-removal mining to public health problems when it evaluates Clean Water Act permits for mining operations, a West Virginia federal judge has ruled.

A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a religious challenge to the nationwide ban on owning bald eagle feathers, reversing a lower court's decision.

A coalition of labor, environmental and public health groups filed a petition with U.S. EPA today seeking to put time constraints on a legal technique used by chemical companies to keep sensitive information about products under wraps.

SeaWorld Entertainment has decided to end its legal challenge to workplace safety citations following the 2010 drowning death of one of its trainers, signaling it will not seek Supreme Court review.

Conservationists are livid over a plan to shoot 16,000 gallons of fresh water down a three-block-long "slip 'n slide" in Los Angeles next month in the middle of a severe drought.

Beneath U.S. Highway 101 and the Golden Gate Bridge, the "Salmon Highway" is packed with traffic.

California's drought is affecting honey production as native plants providing nectar dry up and farmers grow fewer crops.

The Georgia Aquarium yesterday asked for access to federal documents related to why its permit to bring beluga whales to the United States was denied.

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