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Despite a promise by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) to review the state Department of Energy, there is little evidence an internal audit is underway.

Rapidly rising water in the containment pit of Canada's Mount Polley copper and gold mine is causing concern about a similar accident to the mine's blowout last summer.

The Energy Department continued to pay one of its acting appointees after the second submission of that individual's nomination had been withdrawn or returned to the president, the inspector general said in an audit report released today.

More senior career officials at the Department of Energy and U.S. EPA received bonuses for their work last year.

The National Park Service yesterday announced it has chosen a licensed architect and restoration specialist to lead its Denver Service Center, which oversees the agency's large-scale planning, design and construction projects.

A Texas judge sentenced a 68-year-old oil and gas businessman to life in prison yesterday after he was convicted earlier in the day on murder charges.

In the past, Royal Dutch Shell PLC has used MRI scanners to snap images of core samples from oil wells. The Anglo-Dutch oil major deploys drones to examine burner tips of gas flares, and various companies have adopted video game software techniques to create 3-D data streams collected from the oil field.

A panel of federal judges today tossed out electricity regulators' initial permit for an Iowa hydroelectric project, ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to comply with the law.

A new ruling from a judge in Washington state could help pave the way for kids to force government officials nationwide to crack down on climate change, say lawyers supporting the children involved in the lawsuit.

Australia has flown 22 Tasmanian devils from a breeding facility to their home island in an attempt to resettle the area with species members not suffering from a contagious cancer.

Advocates and detractors of proposed oil and gas drilling in a southeastern Ohio national forest have swarmed a series of public hearings this week.

Yosemite National Park had the fewest black bear-human encounters since it started tracking car break-ins, campsite raids and other destructive bear behavior in 1975.

Yellowstone National Park yesterday backed away from plans to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison after meeting with American Indian tribes, Montana officials and federal agencies.

The Great Lakes have experienced unprecedented water-level increases for two consecutive years, but elevated levels may come to an end in the near future due to warmer winter temperatures and less snowfall as a result of this year's El Niño weather event.

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean set a record this week, indicating this year's El Niño is on track to bring powerful storms to parched California this winter, scientists said here yesterday.

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter continues to trail in his bid to become the Bayou State's next governor, but a new poll shows the Republican has narrowed the gap with state House Minority Leader John Bel Edwards (D) before tomorrow's Election Day.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board took its first step this week to fire a top official accused of misconduct.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is expressing support for a strong federal renewable fuel standard, asking the White House in a letter yesterday to not limit ethanol requirements in a highly anticipated final rule for the biofuel program.