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A U.S.-backed hydroelectric construction project in Mexico cracked nearby homes and leaked murky gray water from taps, making residents fear their water was contaminated and triggering protests.

With Congress deadlocked on whether to force the National Security Agency to change controversial surveillance practices, state legislators are trying to cut off the agency's access to utilities to force policy changes.

The Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement yesterday tapped Colorado mine regulator David Barry to head the federal agency's Western Region.

The Energy Department today said it would renew more than $121 million in funding for an energy innovation hub focused on simulating nuclear reactors to improve safety and longevity if Congress appropriates the funding.

A boat with four children on board sank last August in Hawaii's Kaiwi Channel, forcing them and the four adults with them to abandon ship in rough waters 12 miles from the shore.

Plans to double the size of a wind farm on Anchorage, Alaska's Fire Island have stalled after a power purchase agreement fell through.

New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has issued a 60-day suspension to the controversial SunZia transmission line project, just days after it received federal approval from the Interior Department.

Energy consumption habits nationwide haven't changed much since the installation of 50 million smart meters five years ago.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC's board has agreed to support a shareholder resolution filed by the Church of England and more than 150 other investors urging the oil company to explain how it's managing greenhouse gas emissions and investing in low-carbon energy, though the move came on the same day Shell announced plans to continue its quest for oil in the Arctic.

One of the rarest mammals in North America has been seen for the first time in California's Yosemite National Park.

Virginia, a top-five state for deer-vehicle collisions, is one of a few states debuting a new solution for coping with roadkill: composting.

In hunting one species of python, Florida officials are hoping to find clues about how to root out another type of snake.

A Tennessee federal judge this week ruled in favor of allowing environmental groups to pursue a case accusing the Obama administration of failing to protect imperiled species from mining-related pollution.

There's a renewed push in Congress to permanently ban government officials from using taxpayer cash for oil portraits.

Utilities can improve the way states show early progress under U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, industry officials said yesterday, while urging other agencies to back their strategy.

A global oil company is postponing its push to become the first oil producer in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), citing slow federal permitting and slumping oil prices.

U.S. EPA is defending its approval earlier this week of a program for Argentinean imports of biodiesel against withering criticism by the U.S. biodiesel industry.

U.S. EPA faced anti-government fury even in its earliest years, when the FBI investigated threats against one of the agency's first leaders.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- With Cape Wind in turmoil, development of a U.S. offshore wind industry seems more improbable than ever. But one Massachusetts city is holding out hope it will spur a renaissance.

The Australian government defended its protections of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to keep the tourist hot spot off the United Nations' list of endangered heritage sites.

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