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Archer Daniels Midland Co. will use hydraulic fracturing technology to clean up groundwater contamination at a soybean extraction plant.

Uber Technologies Inc. is calling out New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) for his support of a plan to limit the number of vehicles that can be added to the company's system in the city.

A Google self-driving car prototype was involved in an injury-causing accident for the first time this month, the company said yesterday.

At least three train cars were leaking crude oil after 21 cars on an oil train left the tracks yesterday evening in Montana, officials said.

The Air Force improperly chose a vendor for a solid waste incinerator at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.

A man who survived the 2005 explosion at a BP PLC refinery in Texas City that killed 15 of his colleagues was killed this week in a private plane crash.

ConocoPhillips Co. is planning to slice spending on deepwater exploration programs in the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced yesterday.

A pipeline in northern Alberta has spilled roughly 31,500 barrels of oil mixed with water, according to the Alberta Energy Regulator.

The Agriculture Department is placing bets on the chemical building blocks for soybean car seats, sugar cane waste soda bottles, paints from vegetable oils, and other chemicals and products from plant-based sources.

Once at dangerous levels, Lake Mead has been filled up again in what many are calling the "May miracle."

Drought and warming temperatures are restricting fishing access across the Columbia River Basin.

Two leaders of a failed power plant project in Corpus Christi, Texas, have been indicted on charges that they falsified expense reports to pay for personal expenses such as airline tickets and country club memberships.

A San Diego consumer group is asking state utility regulators to dismiss the judge presiding over the San Onofre nuclear plant shutdown, citing perceived conflicts of interest.

The United Mine Workers of America pension fund has sued Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal Inc. in an attempt to force the companies to take responsibility for nearly $800 million of liabilities from Patriot Coal Corp.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore reported that a manatee was spotted in a Maryland tributary of the Potomac River on Tuesday, a rare -- but not unprecedented -- sighting for the Chesapeake Bay.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is ramping up its criticism of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. in the wake of accusations that it had employees infiltrate the animal welfare group.

As the modern world relies more heavily than ever on merchant, fishing and cargo ships, it must work through maritime laws that hark back to a much earlier and more lawless era.

The Forest Service may conduct a more thorough review of a mining proposal near Yellowstone National Park after receiving thousands of public comments on the 2,500-acre project, an agency spokeswoman said.

Some of the oil industry's biggest players are rebuffing the two Texans running for president.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will appear on all five Sunday news shows this weekend to tout the Iran nuclear deal as the Obama administration seeks support for the pact on Capitol Hill.

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