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A magnitude-7.7 earthquake frightened residents of Papua New Guinea today, but the massive quake led to only minor flooding in the South Pacific nation.

Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban wine imports from any state that places a "substantial burden" on Arkansas' agriculture industry, in what one legislator said was meant as retaliation over a California law mandating improved conditions for hens.

Democratic state lawmakers are hoping to decrease the amount of wasted energy in the state by requiring battery chargers to be more efficient.

Lawmakers made it easier last week for Georgia homeowners to put solar panels on their roofs, by loosening restrictions on rooftop leases.

As climate change melts Arctic ice, Maine is preparing itself for increased port traffic.

Tennessee lawmakers are pushing to take back regulatory authority over the state's coal industry after 31 years of federal oversight.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday signed legislation expediting $1.1 billion for drought relief measures in the parched state.

Western states are struggling to finish large-scale water infrastructure projects needed to support growing populations as federal dollars become as scarce as drinking water.

As Maryland's General Assembly debates a disputed fee to finance Chesapeake Bay cleanup plans, they're also arguing over what to call it.

U.S. EPA is proposing changes to a regional haze plan for Arizona that would let a coal-fired power plant emit more nitrogen oxides.

Young adults' penchant for walking and taking public transportation has Washington, D.C., suburban areas like Montgomery County nervous about how they will attract young workers.

U.S. EPA pushed for a 5-percent-per-year hike in fuel efficiency standards for trucks and SUVs during 2011 talks with car companies, even though the agency didn't think it was realistic.

The University of California, Berkeley, is declining donations from a dinner honoring the controversial former head of the California Public Utilities Commission in an effort to distance the school from an ongoing scandal surrounding Michael Peevey.

Georgia Power's Plant Yates will stop burning coal as of April 15 and will be converted to a natural gas-burning plant.

Even in conservative South Carolina, local governments are pushing back against attempts to open the state's offshore waters to oil drilling.

Peabody Energy Corp., the world's largest private-sector coal company, is downplaying the potential impact of the Interior Department's coal leasing reforms.

The United States is expected to meet tomorrow night's deadline to submit its formal contribution to a new U.N. climate agreement to be reached in Paris this December.

Trade associations representing the U.S. wind and solar industries today released a new report recommending ways to incorporate renewable energy policies into plans states must develop to reduce power-sector greenhouse gas emissions.

A coalition of environmental groups last week announced it is appealing a federal district judge's decision this month to uphold the Forest Service's plan to cut more than 6,000 acres of old-growth trees in Alaska's Tongass National Forest.

Visitors bureaus are promoting Yosemite National Park's recreation opportunities instead of Yosemite Falls as the park prepares for its driest year on record.

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