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House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took several more jabs at the Department of Energy's much-maligned loan guarantee program today as he laid out the challenges facing the U.S. energy…

The House budget unveiled this morning enshrines Republicans' priorities for more fossil fuel development, fewer subsidies for clean energy and less federal control of public lands. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.),…

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Housing developments are all that grow these days on a parched brown landscape that sprawls out here in all directions. Booming population growth and oil and gas development are wringing the last drops of water out of an area in the grips of drought. But it's a different picture about 100 miles up the highway in southeast Oklahoma. From a helicopter, about 300 feet up, you see lush areas the size of football fields with glistening puddles saturated by the nearby Kiamichi River.

The United Kingdom's environment secretary seems poised to scrap a proposal to ban three pesticides said to hurt bees. The news from Owen Paterson comes as the European Commission is…

Greenland will have its first female prime minister after a centrist party that favors developing the island's immense mineral resources won a national election this week. Many Greenland residents support…

An independent investigation into a reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said the plant's operator relayed incorrect information and prevented a key equipment inspection last year. But the panel…

The 6,000 pig carcasses fished out of a river near Shanghai this week reveal a lack of regulations on China's pig farming industry. Officials said it's not uncommon for farmers…

The Idaho Senate yesterday passed a resolution that presses the federal government to assist with the cleanup of trails harmed by years of wildfires in the eastern part of the…

Washington's Senate passed a bill that would allow a consultant to study the state's efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and report on the best ways to make improvements. The…

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday named three picks to help lead the agency that governs water quality and allocates water rights in the state. Brown nominated for the State…

Home furniture and car seats made without toxic flame retardants soon may be an option, stemming from an ongoing national debate over how to minimize the effects of the chemicals…

Carmakers view Norway as an example of how electric cars can flourish, but the country's market demonstrates the challenges the industry faces. Norway, with a population of 5 million, has…

While coal-fired power plants are closing across the country, Houston-based Dynegy Inc. is acquiring more. The company is set to take over five coal plants owned by Ameren Corp. in…

The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton Ltd., is under investigation for possible corruption in its sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Department of Justice and Australian…

An outdoor products and clothing retailer announced plans yesterday to put its marketing and fundraising might into opposing a sprawling open-pit mine proposed for Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed. Orvis Company…

South Carolina would be an ideal place to store the nation's nuclear waste for recycling, research or other uses, according to a report released yesterday. The Savannah River Site could…

As a response to climate change and power disruptions, cities across the country are considering taking over privately owned electric utilities. About 70 percent of homes in the United States…

Nuclear plant closures and outages this year in Florida, California and Nebraska far exceeded others the country experienced during the past five years, the Energy Information Administration reported today. Four…

An Iowa court yesterday rebuffed a 14-year-old girl's effort to force the state to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. The Iowa Court of Appeals…

A German prince soon will set loose a small herd of European bison in Germany's most populated state, marking the first time in almost three centuries that bison, or wisents,…

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