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Lawmakers in two states moved closer to banning plastic particles called microbeads from cosmetic products.

Commercial investment in green technology could be encouraged if Houston offered better incentives and more financing options, according to a report released by Rice University on Wednesday.

An estimated 300,000 chickens were killed during recent attacks on at least 16 farms in South Carolina, totaling $1.7 million in damages.

Engineers and researchers from the nation's top laboratories yesterday pressed the U.S. government to address nuclear energy research.

A bipartisan union of two former Idaho governors threatened to sue the U.S. Energy Department yesterday for trying to turn their state into "a nuclear waste dumping ground."

The North Dakota Department of Health said a pipeline leaked nearly 19,000 gallons of salt water in the northwest part of the state.

A federal appeals court yesterday overturned a broad gag order in the trial of a former coal mining executive who is facing charges in connection with a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion.

A federal appeals court today rejected a challenge to the Interior Department's plan for oil and gas leases on the outer continental shelf.

Beachgoers owe a debt of gratitude to Robert Dean, who developed many of the beach nourishment methods that are used today to restore eroded beaches.

A new wind farm off Finland's west coast is installing a bird radar system to limit bird collisions with turbines.

The Interior and Agriculture departments want to hear from technology gurus, entrepreneurs, recreationists and academics on how they can make recreation data more accessible to the public, part of an effort to expand the use of public lands.

Due to the threat they pose to native wildlife, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will prohibit the import and interstate transport of four species of large constrictor snakes and drop consideration of federal restrictions on popular boa constrictors.

The National Marine Fisheries Service will lift some emergency restrictions on Gulf of Maine cod, switching them out for industry-preferred alternatives that the agency says will protect more of the fish's diminishing population.

California Assemblyman Rocky Chávez (R) announced yesterday that he is entering the U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) is set to play a key role as Congress takes another stab at updating the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 -- even though environmental groups and his colleagues have been uncomfortable with some of his outreach to the chemical industry.

Rep. Candice Miller (R) announced yesterday that she won't run for re-election in 2016, setting off a race for her eastern Michigan seat.

When the clock springs forward early Sunday morning, ushering in the homestretch of winter, thank Sen. Edward Markey for the extra hour of daylight.

Journalist David Cay Johnston today called on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission head Cheryl LaFleur to resign in an opinion piece published on Al Jazeera America's website. He also called for Congress to begin a "full-scale" investigation of FERC.

Wind energy advocates are urging presumptive 2016 presidential candidates to back key industry incentives at a Iowa summit this weekend.

Opponents of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline are asking the Clinton Foundation to return at least $250,000 in donations from the Canadian government agency promoting the project.

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