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Republican lawmakers in Oregon are aiming to stop the continuation of a low-carbon fuel standard in Oregon by threatening to derail a bill to increase the state's gas tax.

A bill that would repeal West Virginia's renewable portfolio law is now in the hands of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D).

In his latest budget proposal for Florida, Gov. Rick Scott (R) has proposed spending $150 million on restoration work in the Everglades.

Two CSX freight trains that collided early yesterday in Allendale County, S.C., may have spilled hydrogen chloride, authorities said.

Both opponents and proponents of U.S. EPA's proposal to tighten the federal ozone today attempted to rally support ahead of public hearings that begin tomorrow.

A night in the "The World's Fastest Hotel!" will set Airbnb patrons headed to Phoenix back $85 per night.

NEW YORK -- State regulators today adopted what they're billing as the toughest liquefied natural gas storage rules aimed at helping lower fuel costs for long-haul truckers.

The Department of Energy has been slow to clean up hundreds of its contaminated facilities, according a new report from its internal watchdog.

The innovative idea of installing solar panels to shade a parking lot is also an expensive one.

An explosion Monday at a Brooke County, W.Va., natural gas pipeline sent flames shooting several hundred feet in the air.

Regulations set in 2003 to help decrease the number of oil and gas pipeline explosions in populated areas have only resulted in a slight leveling off, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

U.S. EPA yesterday issued new requirements for Argentinean biodiesel to qualify under the renewable fuel standard program, a move that the U.S. industry estimates will lead to more Argentinean biodiesel entering the United States.

A precipitous drop in oil prices could slow investment in U.S. export terminals and will have a larger effect than a federal permitting process that has drawn the ire of Capitol Hill, the head of the Energy Information Administration said today.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's (D) broad climate bill to make polluters pay for carbon emissions sparked heated debate yesterday during state lawmakers' first public hearing on it, which quickly filled the legislative chamber and spilled out into several overflow rooms.

U.S. EPA boss Gina McCarthy will meet with Vatican officials this week to push for increased international cooperation on climate change.

In a win for environmentalists, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled yesterday that no statute of limitations applies to lawsuits seeking to recover the costs of environmental cleanups under the state's Spill Act.

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a Virginia coal blending and storage facility is subject to mining-safety requirements.

A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in April on lawsuits from several states, utilities and power companies challenging U.S. EPA's proposal to set greenhouse gas standards for power plants.

After taking extra precautions for the snowstorm earlier this week that failed to live up to its disastrous expectations in New York, many are questioning why weather forecasters were so wrong.

Four men were charged with illegally harvesting oysters on Maryland's Eastern Shore, said the Maryland Natural Resources Police.

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