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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promised once again today to cut back the country's smog-causing pollution.

One West Virginia resident is hoping to win the hearts and minds of the state Legislature by appealing to its sweet tooth.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) is asking the state Department of Justice to investigate a $12 million tax credit awarded to the Oregon Institute of Technology and Oregon State University for six solar arrays.

The hugely popular Keurig K-Cup method of brewing single cups of coffee is coming under fire from environmentalists, who call the practice needlessly wasteful.

Residents living near the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, were warned to remain indoors yesterday afternoon after a shipping container containing an industrial disinfectant and bleaching agent caught fire.

A new status report indicates more than 1 million gallons of raw sewage spilled from Miami-Dade County's aging sewer system over the last six months as legal wrangling over contracts delayed repairs.

Researchers lack the data to determine with certainty that hydraulic fracturing is polluting nearby surface water, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.

20-year study finds cleaner air means healthier kids

Almost all of the road and bridge work funded by the 2009 stimulus law will be completed by a Sept. 30 deadline, but the Federal Highway Administration needs to address persistent weaknesses in a project closeout process that is sometimes glacially slow, the Department of Transportation's inspector general said in a new report.

President Obama has issued more major economic regulations than the George W. Bush administration, according to a new report.

U.S. EPA hasn't properly explained why it needs to boost salaries in order to recruit scientific experts, according to a new watchdog report.

An Interior Department proposal meant to ensure taxpayers get their fair share when companies mine federal coal could hurt production, say companies and their allies on Capitol Hill.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Chairman Jorma Ollila, echoing previous comments by CEO Ben van Beurden, told oil company employees yesterday that world leaders need to find a "middle way" to limit carbon emissions that "doesn't threaten economic growth."

Two former owners of a California-based company selected to build a Chicago electric car charging station network have been charged with fraud in federal court.

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld a federal roundup of more than 1,000 wild horses that had been challenged by horse advocates but did find that the Bureau of Land Management had improperly completed its environmental review.

A federal judge faulted the Interior Department for approving the expansion of a mine that feeds one of the country's most controversial power plants.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources did not hide its frustration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's decision to relist gray wolves as endangered in an updated draft of its wolf management plan.

Post-it note producer 3M Co. announced it is taking new steps to ensure its suppliers of paper, pulp and packaging materials are using sustainable logging methods.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced today that it is ending its renowned elephant acts.

Elusive El Niño conditions are finally here, but their arrival is likely too late to help drought-stricken California this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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