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A cryptic message posted on Twitter by Tesla Motors Inc. co-founder Elon Musk sent shares in the company up 2.5 percent -- or 91 cents -- on Monday. "Really exciting…

Transportation Department regulators yesterday proposed that Exxon Mobil Corp. pay $1.7 million in civil penalties for safety violations related to a ruptured pipeline. The July 2011 rupture resulted in 63,000…

The Scottish government approved a controversial offshore wind project off Aberdeen's coast, despite objections from American business mogul Donald Trump. Trump says the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Center will…

A federal judge has stayed proceedings in a lawsuit between the Northern Arapaho Tribe and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because of a new Wyoming law that may affect…

Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), tried to save a baby sea lion on a California beach this weekend. Video footage shows Kelly's daughter…

James Cameron, the director of "Titanic" and "Avatar," will donate the craft he rode last year to the ocean's deepest point to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The announcement comes…

Researchers are concerned about Isle Royale National Park's gray wolf population, as it appears the increasingly threatened population has failed to produce any pups this year. After reporting zero sightings…

A new poll has found that a large majority of hunters in the United States view public lands as an economic asset that should not be sold off to reduce…

The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the death of a golden eagle at a Nevada wind farm with potential financial implications for the company that owns it. The bird…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Water needs to cost more to prevent future shortages, two industry experts said here Friday. Demand for water is increasing, potentially pitting cities against farms for…

An explosive growth of microscopic ocean plants has been linked in recent weeks to the drowning of a record number of manatees in southwest Florida. The culprit behind the deaths…

Federal budget battles have made it that much more difficult to complete a farm bill this fiscal year. The budget resolution passed by the House last week creates the highest…

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) are asking the White House to review the potential climate change effects of mining on federal land and increasing…

The 2013 Economic Report of the President released yesterday includes a chapter on climate change for the first time since 2010, showing the Obama administration's renewed interest in the issue.…

The Obama administration, along with state and tribal partners, today released a national strategy urging land managers and lawmakers to take steps to adapt to the changing climate -- a document heralded by some green groups as the strongest statement yet from the government about the need to address the effects of rising greenhouse gases.

New guidelines for selecting and designing federal water projects released by the Obama administration on Friday were praised by environmentalists and budget hawks who see them encouraging a healthier approach to managing water at locks, dams, levees and even wastewater plants. But there's a catch: Congress has apparently blocked a key water-management agency from starting work on the changes this year.

South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson (D) is expected to announce this afternoon that he will retire rather than seek a fourth term, triggering a competitive open-seat race that will be…

The Department of Energy's historic stimulus-funded investment in industrial carbon capture and storage efforts is threatening to be undercut by a slew of management issues facing the program, according to a new agency inspector general report.

Bulgaria may temporarily stop as much as 40 percent of wind and solar power capacity in an effort to mitigate electricity oversupply. Around 40 percent of the wind and solar…

Power and gas bills for the biggest corporate consumers in the United Kingdom may rise by as much as 36 percent by 2020 because of carbon emission regulations, the country's…

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