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A coalition of 20 groups came together yesterday to call for state regulators to reject the acquisition of a Washington, D.C.-based utility company by Exelon Corp. due to the latter utility's environmental track record and general opposition to renewable energy policy.

California public utilities regulators are calling for review of a $1.4 billion penalty that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. may have to pay for the explosion that killed eight people in a San Francisco suburb in 2010.

A nuclear power plant being built in South Carolina could see its costs grow by an additional $1 billion, utility officials said yesterday.

A fire that broke out yesterday on one of Hilcorp Alaska LLC's gas platforms in Alaska's Cook Inlet has resulted in little environmental damage, according to first responders.

The Oregon Department of State Lands this week rejected an appeal by Wyoming in favor of a coal export terminal proposal along the Columbia River.

Scientists have created a device that combines solar cells into a battery that could eliminate up to 25 percent of the costs of having separate technologies, Ohio State University announced today.

NEW YORK -- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and EOG Resources Inc. have agreed to disclose detailed financial information on their hydraulic fracturing operations in yearly federal compliance filings, according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Lawyers for BP PLC are asking a federal judge to reconsider his ruling that found the company "grossly negligent" in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, arguing that his decision relied on evidence that had been excluded.

Hunting advocates today took their challenge to an Interior Department ban on importing the hides of threatened African elephants to a federal appeals court.

A federal judge this week rejected the Bureau of Reclamation's management of the Trinity River to prioritize salmon health over water deliveries to California's Central Valley.

Live crabs in the cargo hold of a U.S. Airways flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina caused a roughly 30-minute delay last night, an airline spokesman confirmed today.

Invasive American bullfrogs are spreading down the Yellowstone River in Montana as authorities continue to struggle to find ways to contain the large frogs that will eat anything that fits in their mouths.

Using satellites, researchers have detected thousands of new mile-high undersea mountains.

Humans are the most difficult obstacle for cheetahs that must conserve energy needed for lightning-quick hunts.

As chinook salmon make their way up California's drought-affected rivers from the Pacific Ocean for their annual spawning ceremony, officials are taking never-before-attempted actions to ensure the state's $1.5 billion annual commercial and recreational fishing industry will continue.

Grand Canyon National Park emergency rescue crews evacuated by helicopter seven people in seven separate incidents in a single day last week.

The war of words is heating up between an oil and gas industry group and environmental activists who have prompted the federal government to address a backlog of sensitive species under the Endangered Species Act through lawsuits and subsequent settlement agreements.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund today endorsed New Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo, marking the first House race this cycle in which the environmental group has backed a Republican candidate.

Senior aides for Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz began working months beforehand to guarantee that their boss would take the mound before a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park last spring.

Industry groups and environmentalists alike shrugged as U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy proclaimed last week that a greenhouse gas rule her agency promised for refineries nearly four years ago might no longer be needed.

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