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The United Arab Emirates yesterday unveiled the country's first large solar energy plant, the companies backing the project said in a statement. The 100-megawatt Shams 1 concentrated solar plant is…

A case under consideration by the European Court of Justice could have broad implications for renewable power financing across Europe. The legal spat involves the Åland archipelago, a set of…

An E.U. proposal to limit the use of bee-killing pesticides made no progress Friday after Britain and Germany abstained from voting. The proposal recommended against using pesticides containing neonicotinoids on…

The Canadian government's budget cuts to scientific research at Environment Canada have hindered the agency's ability to cut pollution liked to cancer and has harmed its enforcement of clear air…

Britain's energy minister tomorrow will likely approve the construction plan for a new nuclear facility four years behind schedule. Plans for the power plant, which would be the United Kingdom's…

Researchers have expressed concerns that the pristine Antarctic continent could be sullied as tourism there has increased. After a surge, Antarctic tourism has decreased on the economic downturn. But things…

Huge stainless steel-lined concrete boxes are hindering efforts to clean up the Energy Department's Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state. The "black cells" -- a project that was originated in…

A small conservation group Wednesday will request that a federal judge stop Oregon's seasonal release of juvenile salmon and steelhead into Oregon's Sandy River. The Native Fish Society two years…

BP PLC is appealing some oil spill compensation payouts, saying that some of the beneficiaries are making fictitious claims. BP has asked a judge to temporarily halt benefits for business…

A federal court ruled Friday that an insurance company can't seek money from companies including the Ford Motor Co. to cover the costs of cleaning up about 47 acres of…

Ireland is suffering from an influx of abandoned pet snakes. During the country's so-called Celtic Tiger economic boom, many of Ireland's newly rich citizens bought pet snakes. But when the…

Afghanistan's forests are shrinking as illegal timber harvesting runs rampant. "Three, four decades ago, 50 percent of the total land was covered by forest," said Wali Modaqiq, deputy director of…

The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering a proposal to establish a minimum size limit on parrotfish, which live mostly around the island of St. Croix. About 142 of the…

New Mexico state employees will work with the federal government to help eradicate destructive feral pigs. The project will use $1 million in federal funds, marking the first time the…

Environmentalists are joining forces with a seemingly unlikely coalition of ranchers, hunters and rich landowners to try to buy out the mineral leases that oil and gas companies purchase from…

Images of bluefin tuna are plastered all over two Metro stations in the Washington, D.C., area, as part of a direct appeal to federal employees managing the nation's fisheries to…

Residents in a Kentucky coal-mining county reported more health problems than those in nearby nonmining areas, according to a new peer-reviewed paper. West Virginia University researcher Michael Hendryx compared interviews…

Rep. Michael Burgess is reviving an effort to allow the sale of epinephrine inhalers that were taken off the market last year because they contained ozone-depleting substances. Under its authority…

A group of top lawmakers is asking the Department of Labor to rethink plans to deal with the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration and spare key mine safety efforts…

House legislation introduced Friday would provide damage-liability protection to manufacturers and sellers of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol. The bill from Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), chairman of the House Energy…

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