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LAS VEGAS -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) yesterday used the bully pulpit of his annual Clean Energy Summit to lean on his home state's chief power provider, which is embroiled in a closely watched battle over rooftop solar.

Exelon Corp.'s $6.8 billion bid to buy Pepco Holdings Inc. was thrown into question today after Washington, D.C., utility regulators rejected the deal as being against the public's best interest.

A large-scale solar power project on private property in Southern California cleared its last major regulatory hurdle this week, with the Bureau of Land Management agreeing to allow the project to route a transmission line across federal land.

Obama administration officials are grappling with how to handle federal employees who have been using Ashley Madison, an online forum for cheating spouses with the motto: "Life is short. Have an affair."

This year's high-stakes climate conference in Paris is still months away, but congressional offices are already calling and meeting with environmental staffers at foreign embassies, making their case that the United States either can or cannot deliver what the White House has promised toward a global deal.

Indonesia's tin industry, which is essential to binding the world's electronics, from smartphones to cars, is riddled with corruption.

Thailand destroyed more than 2 metric tons of seized ivory today in a symbolic gesture to the international community that one of the world's central hubs for illegal wildlife trafficking is finally trying to crack down.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has unveiled an experimental plan to bring water into the city in an effort to prevent it from sinking.

Most Iowa farmers are skeptical that new technologies to kill "superweeds" and pesticide-resistant insects will help growers manage the problem in the long run, a survey released today from Iowa State University found.

Nineteen areas of the country did not meet a Clean Air Act deadline to comply with the 2008 national ambient air quality standard for ground-level ozone, according to U.S. EPA.

A former staffer for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee joined SolarCity this week as director of policy and energy markets.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s bankruptcy proceedings offer a peek into the coal mining giant's political connections.

A facility nearing completion in Washington state to treat radioactive byproducts of nuclear weapons production is wracked with design flaws that could threaten the operation, according to a leaked internal report.

Homeowners may have greater control over the timing of their energy use with new technology to more closely track when their home wastes electricity.

Environmental groups are planning a huge climate rally timed with Pope Francis' address to Congress.

U.S. and Chinese officials have finalized details on an agreement to allow the two nations to share information about new "clean coal" technologies.

Water scarcity in Latin America falls hardest on the region's poor, as disappearing glaciers leave farmers thirsting for more.

Water continues to grow increasingly scarce in the Navajo Nation, as the Southwest region suffers through a crippling drought.

California climate activist Tom Steyer announced a relief fund today aimed at helping Californians cope with the state's historic drought.

A food safety advocacy group is suing a division of the Department of Agriculture over allegations that the agency illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops.

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