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The Office of Personnel Management has determined that more federal employees' fingerprints went missing in this year's massive data breach -- more than five times what the agency originally estimated.

Blackhawk Mining LLC bought half a dozen active coal mines yesterday during an auction central to Patriot Coal Corp.'s second bankruptcy proceeding in the past three years.

Nine major companies today will commit to a long-term goal of moving their operations to be powered by renewable energy, while investment managers controlling about $2.6 trillion in assets agreed yesterday to divest from fossil fuels.

Acres of chemical and radioactive contamination remain in Southern California nearly 20 years after work ceased at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a Los Angeles television station reported, and the lab may have released radiation all across the Los Angeles area.

French natural gas firm Total SA and two traders rigged natural gas markets for years, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alleged yesterday.

Environmental groups accused Portland, Ore.-based utility PacifiCorp yesterday of manipulating research into power needs and costs to justify extending the life of its coal-fired power plants.

The year 2013 saw the lowest number of active coal mines on record, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a brief report released this morning.

A state judge has overturned New York City's ban on polystyrene food containers, finding the action "arbitrary and capricious."

Peabody Energy Corp.'s request to strike song lyrics critical of its operations in Kentucky was denied yesterday by a federal judge in Wyoming.

Now that a judge has signed off on the $225 million settlement between New Jersey and Exxon Mobil Corp. over pollution in the state, environmental groups and a state senator argue they should be allowed to appeal.

Countries continue to burn ivory stockpiles, signaling a commitment to curbing elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade, but tusks smolder long after the cameras and dignitaries leave.

Humpback whales have been spotted in Columbia River near Astoria, Ore., -- much farther inland than usual.

A biologist with experience in the public and private sectors has been appointed executive director of the National Invasive Species Council, where she will lead the interagency effort to control invasives.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is placing a moratorium on fishing for American eel in Delaware waters after fishery managers determined the state failed to enforce conservation measures.

The Interior Department is considering withdrawing up to 10 million acres in six states from new hardrock mining claims as part of its sweeping federal plans designed to protect and restore greater sage grouse habitat.

Officials from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have decried a move by Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) to claim credit for a new Amtrak contract bringing 400 jobs to Alstom Transportation in Hornell, N.Y.

The Federal Trade Commission should seek redress for Volkswagen and Audi customers who bought cars on the false assumption that they were "clean diesel" vehicles, the top Democrat on the Senate panel that oversees consumer protection policy said yesterday.

The sponsor of legislation meant to check the executive-branch rulemaking today used U.S. EPA's proposal to tighten the Clean Air Act standard for ozone to promote the bill.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new commercial space policy has failed to satisfy Republican critics, who say it is insufficient and merely provides "cover" for the agency to avoid working with the private sector.

Senate Democrats who unveiled a sweeping energy bill yesterday are hoping their long list of clean power provisions attracts voters next fall.

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