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A 25,000-gallon oil spill in a remote area of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming was caused by a backhoe puncturing a 6-inch underground pipeline, causing corrosion that gradually became a hole, the Bureau of Land Management said yesterday.

A Chicago nonprofit is encouraging water utilities to start shifting to rate plans that encourage conservation and flexibility in the face of climate change and drought.

Tesla Motors Inc. has been quietly expanding its network of charging stations through high-powered wall chargers at beach parking lots, hotels, restaurants and other locations amid its splashier efforts to roll out more Superchargers such as the one opened near Lake Tahoe, Calif.

An Amtrak train collided with a local commuter train in South Boston yesterday, officials said.

Use of free, solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicles at the San Diego Zoo surged over a two-year period, data from a pilot project show.

So-called smart transportation technologies, usually billed as a way to improve road safety and reduce congestion, also offer a means for cutting gas consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, a new report argues.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka doesn't foresee another government shutdown when Congress returns to Washington next month.

Kinder Morgan Inc. may have to do more to convince its investors that its proposed $44 billion merger with its subsidiaries is in their best interest.

The Marcellus formation is the largest natural gas shale play in the world, a new report shows.

The energy industry is stepping up efforts to fight cyberattacks and meet new federal security guidelines, experts say.

BP PLC's largest American refinery remains up and running despite a fire overnight that injured one employee.

Thieves yesterday raided the same Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation in California that was damaged in 2013 by a mysterious sniper attack.

Cable, satellite and broadband boxes last year saved consumers $168 million and enough electricity to power Pittsburgh homes for one year, as part of a voluntary energy efficiency agreement that industry hopes can pave the way for similar standards for other home gadgets.

As the northern Rocky Mountains grow warmer, the changing composition of glaciers and snowfields could have big implications for other parts of North America.

Plants in India's Western Himalayas are slowly migrating upward in altitude in response to warmer temperatures spurred by climate change, according to researchers tracking their movement.

Industry groups and environmentalists this week filed their opening briefs in a lawsuit over U.S. EPA's air pollution standards for industrial boilers.

DuPont Co. has agreed to pay a $1.275 million penalty as part of a settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violations at a West Virginia facility, one of which resulted in the death of a worker.

A federal judge yesterday rejected a bid by two of the biggest irrigation districts in California's Central Valley to stop water releases along the Lower Klamath River intended to protect salmon.

A Colorado court has struck down yet another local ban on hydraulic fracturing, the third to fall this summer. The Boulder County District Court ruled yesterday that the city of Lafayette's fracking ban was pre-empted by state law governing oil and gas development.

Authorities are searching for a missing woman in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

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