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A ship carrying 560 metric tons of bunker fuel sank to the bottom of the Singapore Strait yesterday after colliding with a chemical tanker, according to authorities.

Construction equipment for the Thirty Meter Telescope at the top of the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is being relocated off the mountaintop.

Comcast Corp. will pay California regulators nearly $26 million to settle charges it illegally dumped hazardous electronic equipment into area landfills.

Workers whose companies failed to take sufficient action to protect them from asbestos fibers face dire consequences from the fast-moving cancer mesothelioma.

The majority of cancer cases appear to be caused by external factors such as smoking and radiation, according to a new study.

A new New York City park will filter thousands of gallons of stormwater before it flows into one of America's most polluted waterways.

The Army Corps of Engineers needs millions of dollars to repair the Lewisville Lake Dam, 34 miles north of Dallas, where a failure could send 2 million acre-feet of water toward the city.

U.S. EPA must go beyond its currently proposed changes to its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), a handful of speakers urged at a brief public hearing this morning.

There won't be driverless cars cruising on California roads anytime soon.

Ahead of tonight's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" debut, Department of Energy scientists have capitalized on the buzz by sharing their expertise with sci-fi fans.

U.S. EPA's enforcement numbers fell in a few key areas in 2015 as the agency launched criminal cases and conducted fewer inspections and evaluations.

U.S. organic exports have jumped 58 percent over four years, according to a study released yesterday by the Organic Trade Association.

Companies in the business of winter coats are grappling with falling sales after an unseasonably warm autumn.

A pair of weather phenomena are cooling the West while the eastern United States is seeing springlike temperatures.

Humans have visibly reshaped the Earth for centuries, but new research shows that our impact stretches back 6,000 years.

This year is on track to be the warmest on record due to a combination of climate change and a strong El Niño, but a new global forecast from the United Kingdom's Met Office projects that 2016 will likely be even warmer.

The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject a challenge against Colorado's laws legalizing marijuana for adult use.

India's Kashmir Valley has long been a stopping point for birds migrating from places such as Europe and Japan, but wildlife experts are expressing concerns over the declining numbers of birds and species seen there in recent years as development surges.

The Forest Service will increase its daily cabin rental rates at two of its properties in Alaska, including more than 40 cabins in Chugach National Forest and more than 140 in the Tongass National Forest, effective Jan. 1.

The XPRIZE Foundation will offer $7 million in a three-year competition for breakthrough oceanic mapping technologies to explore the seafloor, an area that remains a "mystery to us," said Peter Diamandis, chairman of the foundation.

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