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The California Coastal Commission granted approval yesterday to a Newport Beach, Calif., plan to reconfigure 64 fire rings, with half burning wood and half burning charcoal.

A new startup aims to set up free electric car-charging stations at companies looking for some good publicity.

Two rail cars carrying soybeans and plastic pellets tumbled off a Houston overpass yesterday and landed in the street.

A government employees' union said hackers have stolen personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee.

Organic farmers have cried foul over a new rating system introduced at Whole Foods Market Inc. stores.

A Spanish entrepreneur has pioneered a new form of wind energy generation.

The operator of the retired San Onofre power plant in San Diego County has been allowed to scale back nuclear emergency precautions because federal safety officials view a major disaster as increasingly unlikely.

A small oil pipeline ruptured in Carlyss, La., and caused a small spill.

A ruptured natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania forced residents to evacuate their homes briefly but caused no injuries or service disruptions.

A new strategy released by the Army this week is being heralded as a shift in the service's attitude toward energy security and natural resources.

The National Black Chamber of Commerce released an analysis today that found minorities stand to lose the most if U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan drives up the cost of power and puts pressure on U.S. manufacturing and other industries.

Duke Energy won what could be a major legal victory yesterday, as the North Carolina Supreme Court vacated a lower-court ruling that regulators could force the utility to take "immediate action" to clean up the sources of groundwater contaminated by coal ash.

Two environmental groups have sued Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) for blocking an air regulation that would have required emissions curbs at two coal-fired power plants.

Several environmental groups are threatening to sue Kentucky coal mining company Frasure Creek Mining LLC in federal court over allegations of repeated Clean Water Act pollution reporting violations.

A federal appeals court today sided with the Interior Department in a challenge to its management of Pacific Northwest timber sales.

A federal court yesterday rejected a challenge from environmental groups to the government's approval of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's oil spill response plans for drilling off Alaska's shores.

Federal water engineers are moving toward a final decision on a $360 million project proposed by Denver to divert water from the upper Colorado River Basin, a project manager said yesterday. But environmental issues and paperwork will force a delay on the decision until fall.

Many of the trees lining city parks in Los Angeles are gradually succumbing to the ongoing record drought, according to a recent survey.

Bureau of Land Management employees and contractors were ordered to steer clear of specific public lands in southeastern Nevada as the FBI and Las Vegas police investigate an incident of shots fired near a federal survey crew's campsite last week.

All chimpanzees, including those in captivity, are considered endangered, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today ahead of publishing a final federal rule Tuesday.

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