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Federal judges rejected a request Friday from nonprofit electric utilities to reconsider the ruling upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 1000, a landmark rule aimed at spurring upgrades to the electric grid.

One of the last remaining northern white rhinos died Friday in Kenya, said the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

A once "extinct" salmon run has returned to the Clearwater River in northern Idaho thanks to the efforts of a local American Indian tribe.

Scientists are spear-feeding invasive lionfish to reef sharks in an effort to combat the growing population of the nonnative fish.

The Fish and Wildlife Service caught illegal wildlife trafficker Victor Gordon, but the agency said plenty more illegal shipments slip through into the United States.

The longtime superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park will retire at the end of the month after more than a decade at the North Dakota park and three decades with the National Park Service.

Five Utah men pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that they conspired to operate off-highway vehicles in a canyon that the Bureau of Land Management had closed to motorized recreation in 2007 to protect American Indian sites dating back 2,000 years.

Rick Piltz, who disclosed that the George W. Bush administration was rewriting climate science reports, died early Saturday after a battle with cancer.

The Department of Energy's inspector general has abstained from ruling on a whistleblower's controversial firing at the Hanford, Wash., nuclear waste site.

An Indian coal-fired power plant project with financial backing from the United States is contributing to serious human rights violations, including forced relocations, according to a report released today by several environmental groups.

Second of two stories on Clean Water Act regulation in the Southwest. Click here for the first story.

Lifting the decades-old ban on most U.S. crude exports could make it easier for drivers to fill up their cars and boost the overall economy, government auditors found in a report released today.

The revenues brought in from Clean Air Act permit fees have not been sufficient to cover regulatory agencies' expenses in processing those permits, according to a new report by U.S. EPA's Office of Inspector General.

Climate change activists have opened a new front in their fight against fossil fuels at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They are pressing the agency to examine the impact of projects tied to the U.S. natural gas boom on global warming. They say the National Environment Policy Act, or NEPA, requires such assessments before projects move on. FERC disagrees.

With the cost of solar technology continuing to fall, what are the benefits to incorporating solar power in school districts throughout the United States? During today's OnPoint, Minh Le, director of the SunShot Initiative and the Solar Energy Technologies Office at the Department of Energy, and Andrea Luecke, president of the Solar Foundation, discuss new reporting on the financial benefits to U.S. school districts in incorporating solar energy technologies. Le and Luecke also discuss the rapid price evolution solar technology has undergone in the last two years.

Air quality levels the World Health Organization deems "hazardous" didn't stop 30,000 runners from competing in the Beijing Marathon, but they raised concerns about an upcoming international summit that includes President Obama and other world leaders.

A panel of Los Angeles lawmakers have thrown their support behind a citywide ban on the production of genetically modified crops, which the proposal's co-author said would be "largely symbolic."

An oil well that leaked oil, gas and brine for more than two days has been brought under control, authorities said.

The combination of warmer weather and rising waters in Southern California has caused record amounts of kelp to wash ashore, concerning residents and stinking up pristine beaches.

Utah bounty hunters have killed 7,041 coyotes this year in an effort to boost mule deer populations.

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