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In an effort to reduce algae blooms on Lake Erie, Ohio lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit farmers from spreading manure on frozen fields.

The White House has wrapped up its review of a U.S. EPA final rule that would overhaul a controversial George W. Bush-era hazardous waste regulation.

Federal officials held their first meetings with DuPont Co. representatives yesterday as they work to piece together the cause of a chemical leak at the company's La Porte, Texas, plant that killed four workers Saturday.

Amtrak yesterday asked federal rail regulators to investigate the reasons for rampant delays on its Capitol Limited route between Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Farmers are reporting yield increases in cover crops for the second year in a row, according to a sustainable agriculture group.

The U.S. EPA inspector general has given the agency a clean bill of fiscal health.

A Spanish navy boat guarding an oil drilling ship off the Canary Islands rammed Greenpeace boats during a protest, injuring some activists.

Anglo American Platinum Ltd. is hoping to expand the platinum market by using the mineral to produce electricity in isolated areas.

The largest solar plant in the world is not producing as much energy as previously predicted.

Hoping to block the release of information about bird kills from wind turbines, a Portland, Ore., energy company is suing the Interior Department.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners elected Florida's top utility regulator as its president yesterday at the group's annual meeting here.

A Shell Pipeline Co. LP employee has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a 2012 jet fuel leak near Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

The owner and parent company of a Santa Monica, Calif., restaurant have admitted that it sold whale meat to undercover investigators in 2009 and 2010.

Federal judges granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's request today to reconsider a decision striking down regulations that require companies to disclose whether minerals in its products were mined in conflict-ridden central Africa.

U.S. EPA is proposing to eliminate the portland cement industry's legal shield for air violations that occur during plant malfunctions.

A critically endangered frog is the main ingredient in a smoothie some South American cultures use to cure an array of ailments.

In recent decades, monarch butterflies making the annual trip from the U.S. Midwest to Mexico to avoid bitter winter temperatures have sharply declined, and scientists believe invasive tropical milkweed could be a reason behind the shrinking population.

Lander, Wyo., has changed since the nearby iron mine closed down in 1983.

Scientists say they have found the culprit in a mass sea star die-off occuring along North America's Pacific coast since last year.

Stark changes to the Arctic landscape have caused a 40 percent decline in polar bear populations in eastern Alaska and western Canada, according to a new study.

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