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Federal regulators yesterday approved an exemption for government-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives from new financial rules. The exemption stems from a petition filed last year by several public power…

Obstacles to broad use of carbon capture and sequestration technologies to curb power plants' greenhouse gas emissions can't be overcome without increased financial commitments from government and industry, according to…

Superstorm Sandy convinced the public that warming-related storms and rising seas are coastal problems and that residents near the oceans should pay for them rather than the United States as…

A federal judge this week threw out all but one claim filed against the chemical company Mallinckrodt from 29 people alleging that their cancers were the result of radioactive pollution…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to sue an Idaho utility commission over its handling of renewable energy contracts has drawn the ire of state regulators across the country. FERC…

An environmental group filed suit yesterday challenging a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to allow federal and state agencies to capture gray wolves that move into Mexican wolf territory…

Environmental groups are urging the Bureau of Land Management to forbid drilling on western Colorado's Roan Plateau as the agency goes back to the drawing board and re-evaluates its approach…

Former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic last night attacked ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford as a "compromised candidate" when the GOP duo met for their sole debate ahead of next…

President Obama this afternoon is expected to outline ways to improve access to federal loans aimed at assisting states and towns with rebuilding their aging infrastructure. The president, who will…

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), the pro-coal freshman who unseated long-term Democratic House lawmaker Ben Chandler, has tapped Catherine Gatewood to be his communications director. Gatewood in 2011 was spokeswoman for…

Nearly three dozen senators are asking Energy Secretary Steven Chu to shift money to a program that helps low-income homeowners install more efficient windows and insulation, echoing concerns from Department…

A senior Republican on the Senate Finance and Budget committees is not amused by the rebranding efforts of a bankrupt stimulus-funded electric-car battery maker. Yesterday, A123 Systems Inc., a Massachusetts-based…

U.S. EPA yesterday finalized tougher rules for cleansing ships' ballast water aimed at decreasing the invasive aquatic species making their way to U.S. lakes and shorelines, but environmental groups say…

When chef Scott Drewno serves seafood at his upscale Washington, D.C., restaurant, he wants to know exactly where that fish came from. Fifteen years ago, the answer to that question…

U.S. EPA and environmental groups today asked the Supreme Court to review a federal court's ruling from last year that tossed out the agency's rule for air pollution that drifts…

The Obama administration today released a long-awaited proposal that would slash by two-thirds the amount of sulfur in gasoline, signaling to environmentalists and industry sources alike that the White House will move forward with a suite of air pollution regulations this term.

How do voters view Washington's political debate on energy? During today's OnPoint, Tim Wigley, president of the Western Energy Alliance, discusses a new national survey on voters' attitudes toward energy…

Haiti President Michel Martelly will launch a campaign to double forest cover by 2016 in an attempt to not only help the country's ecosystem but also raise living standards for…

The cost of China's environmental damage reportedly came to $230 billion in 2010, or 3.5 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, according to research released last week from a…

The earth on Washington's Whidbey Island, where a huge landslide struck last week, has been slowly moving for years as part of a larger "landslide complex" that may date as…

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