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Government agencies are hitting some snags in their quest to comply with federal green building rules, according to a new watchdog report.

An electric vehicle-sharing program for lower income and other disadvantaged California residents launches today in Los Angeles, driven by a state law mandating expanded access to clean cars.

Minnesota's first wineries opened in the mid-1970s, and now the cold northern state is set to become a winemaking region with 60 vineyards, thanks to horticultural breakthroughs.

The nation's largest railroads are feeling the impact of the declining coal market.

Fujisaki Electric Co. says it has solved the riddle of burning bamboo as a biofuel and plans to break ground on the world's first bamboo-powered electricity plant in western Japan next year.

The Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a finding of no significant impact for a herbicide-resistant cotton trait, paving the path for commercial use of the genetically engineered crop.

The nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute is honoring Washington, D.C., lawyer Henry Diamond with its lifetime achievement award this fall.

The Bureau of Land Management is blaming a cyclist's toilet paper for starting a 73-acre wildfire in southwest Idaho.

Michigan scientists are climbing to new heights in order to track the state's emerging osprey population.

Researchers and volunteers kept a young killer whale that was stranded on jagged rocks at low tide in remote northwestern Canada alive long enough for it to swim back out to sea.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is pushing California regulators to reject plans by SeaWorld San Diego to expand its killer whale tanks.

Oregon's Board of Forestry will hold off on a decision to update state logging regulations as it seeks more information.

Reinforcements arrived yesterday night at an uncontrolled wildfire in Montana's Glacier National Park.

The Agriculture Department is kicking off its largest survey to date on how farmers employ conservation practices.

Property owners in parts of coastal California subject to repeat flooding should consider selling their buildings for money from the federal government, a green group behind a new study suggested yesterday.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio lent his star power to preservation and the environment Wednesday, when his foundation raised more than $40 million for the cause.

Global public relations firm Edelman is no longer representing the proposed Gateway Pacific coal export terminal in Washington state, a spokesman said today.

Alaska Rep. Don Young (R) said he opposes the House bill addressing genetically modified food labeling. His vote of approval for the measure, which passed 275-150 yesterday, was an accident.

Amendments to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline and change U.S. EPA's new rules for power plant combustion waste disposal are likely to emerge in upcoming legislation.

A deal to reform and reauthorize a 50-year-old land protection program yesterday got mixed reactions from the heads of the House Natural Resources Committee, who would get the first crack at reshaping any compromise the Senate manages to pass.

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