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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this morning voted convincingly to advance the nomination of Sally Jewell to become secretary of Interior, a move that came hours after a late-night accord was struck over a proposed road through an Alaskan wilderness. With the dissent of only three Republicans, the committee reported Jewell's nomination to the full Senate, which is not expected to take up her confirmation until early April.

A New York environmental activist who helped block the completion of a $6 billion nuclear power plant and establish a national seashore died last week. Maurice Barbash, 88, died during…

A Senate committee voted yesterday in favor of a bill that prohibits counties from mandating that local waste be disposed of in a county's own landfill. The House already passed…

The New Jersey state Legislature yesterday sent a bill to the governor's desk that would monitor how New Jersey spends its billions of federal dollars in Superstorm Sandy aid. It's…

Stillwater Mining Co.'s chief executive this week encouraged shareholders to reject a takeover, saying that it would hurt the company's growth. A group that includes former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer…

Owners of an enormous luxury resort that is soon to be completed have touted it as one of the most environmentally friendly developments in the Bahamas, but recent construction decisions…

A $274 million market has sprung up in Japan: face masks. The accessory has become incredibly popular this year as the Japanese struggle against pollen levels, which are five times…

The setting of new fuel standards to help deal with China's growing pollution problem is getting caught up in politics. After air pollution hit record levels and exceeded World Health…

Apple Inc.'s data centers are completely powered by renewable energy sources, according to a report on the company's environmental policies. The centers -- which house computers that store data for…

Members of the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously denied an application yesterday for two natural gas power plants in San Diego and Otay Mesa. In denying the San Diego Gas…

A Kentucky environmental agency has denied a pending landfill permit for a coal ash storage site meant to house waste produced by Louisville Gas and Electric Co.'s Trimble County Power…

A uranium production company is getting creative at cleaning up a leak that threatens the Denver area's water supply: It's pumping a mix of molasses and alcohol into a mine.…

The Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday it might still launch a regional or areawide environmental impact statement on the impacts of proposed coal-export shipping terminals in the Pacific Northwest.…

There may be some relief in the near future for eco-conscious parents struggling between protecting the planet and their sanity -- when it comes to diapers, anyway. Chemists at Brown…

BP PLC yesterday asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on Halliburton Co. for withholding evidence related to the trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The cement contractor recently discovered…

Federal appellate judges today had tough questions for the Securities and Exchange Commission over the purpose and scope of broad new reporting requirements for oil, gas and mining company payments.…

In an attempt to keep the species in the state as game, the Pennsylvania Senate has passed a bill to declassify captive feral swine as "wild." The bill, which passed…

The number of gray wolves in Montana decreased last year for the first time in nearly a decade, state officials said yesterday. At the end of 2012, at least 625…

The National Park Service intentionally ruined evidence in the wrongful death case of a boy who was smashed by a retaining wall in a Northern California park, a federal magistrate…

Almost 740 miles of United States coastline will be designated as critical habitat for nesting loggerhead sea turtles, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. The Northwest Atlantic loggerheads are…

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