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FBI agents are looking into an environmental bill advanced by California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon (D) in 2013, but it's not clear what they hope to find.

Chicago's attempt to regulate piles of petroleum coke cleared its first hurdle yesterday.

A Houston-area Marathon Petroleum Corp. refinery released a fine, white powder yesterday at a fluid catalytic cracking unit that stuck to cars in the area.

Industrial facilities released 15 percent more toxic chemicals in 2013 than in 2012, according to new U.S. EPA data, though the releases have declined over the past decade.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration yesterday released a final rule meant to protect workers from large underground coal mining machines.

Tesla Motors should become profitable in five years after it introduces a cheaper electric car that more consumers will buy, CEO Elon Musk said.

One of Michigan's largest utilities is accusing CSX Transportation Inc. of illegally overcharging to ship coal to a key power plant.

Federal buildings are at risk from cyber threats posed by hackers, disgruntled employees and others who might attack buildings and access control systems, according to a new watchdog report.

The federal workforce shrank again in 2014, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A squirrel's untimely demise left 4,500 Duke Energy Corp. customers in southwestern Ohio without power Monday morning.

The Commerce Department has approved a Royal Dutch Shell PLC plan to export an ultralight grade of crude oil, a company spokesman said.

The American Petroleum Institute announced yesterday the creation of a midstream department to focus on oil and gas transportation and infrastructure, a reflection of the shortage of pipelines and processing facilities in drilling plays, including in North Dakota and New Mexico.

A new report from Oceana makes the case for offshore wind development along the East Coast, asserting it would create more jobs and energy than offshore drilling.

A Texas environmental group signaled yesterday that it will ask the Supreme Court to review whether the state's water management has threatened endangered whooping cranes.

Frigid temperatures killed two critically endangered monkeys at a Louisiana zoo last week.

Massive species die-offs are becoming more common and sometimes growing larger, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of San Diego, Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley.

A new fingerprinting technique could offer a breakthrough in catching criminals illegally poisoning, shooting and trapping birds of prey, according to research published in the journal Science and Justice.

Bundy's son arrested after illegal ATV ride

Federal and state officials today announced the establishment of the largest single greater sage grouse conservation easement on a sprawling private ranch in northwest Colorado, a move the state's top elected leaders say underscores the need to focus on local efforts to save the bird instead of sweeping federal regulation.

Former Portland, Ore., Mayor Sam Adams will lead the U.S. Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute, the organization announced today.

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