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Dominion Virginia Power will divert treated water from coal ash ponds in Prince William County into a nearby creek that runs into the Potomac River after a state regulatory board yesterday approved a permit.

Michigan's top prosecutor this morning said he will look into what happened to cause spiking levels of toxic lead contamination in Flint, Mich., after a cost-cutting switch to a new water supply more than a year ago.

State environmental regulators asked the federal government this week for the power to choose what to spend money on when it comes to a new grant program created in the omnibus spending bill.

Corporate turnaround expert Jeff Huddleston has become known as "the most hated guy" as he tells oil companies ways to trim costs, usually by shedding excess staff.

Twenty countries have no government regulations in place to protect their nuclear facilities against cyberattacks, according to a new study by the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

The utility that owns a leaking natural gas well in Los Angeles, driving thousands of residents from their homes, acknowledged it understated the number of times levels of cancer-causing chemicals released from the well had peaked during the crisis.

A hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in January for the first time since 1938.

In an unprecedented move, voters this summer in all nine San Francisco Bay Area counties will determine whether a parcel tax will pay for a host of wetland and habitat restoration projects.

The World Resources Institute's climate change chief is set to become part of a two-woman leadership team at Greenpeace International.

The Iowa Supreme Court will consider a high-profile lawsuit to hold agricultural drainage districts accountable for high nitrate levels in Des Moines' untreated water supply, a federal district judge ruled this week.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) warned the state will face increasingly grim water challenges if his $15 billion plan to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta through two tunnels is not approved.

The National Park Service announced yesterday it has been forced to change the names of Yosemite National Park icons amid a legal battle with the park's former concessionaire over intellectual property.

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will hand out nearly $225 million to states and tribes this year for cleaning up abandoned coal mines, a slight dip from last year.

A seasonal worker at Yellowstone National Park died after likely surprising a female grizzly bear while on a short hike, according to a new report that extensively details an investigation of the August attack.

Park rangers at the Mojave National Preserve packed some serious heat for three years, investigators have found.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Burgum announced yesterday that he will run for North Dakota governor, entering the world of statewide politics for the first time.

Some public interest and environmental advocacy groups who speak out about the influence of "dark money" in campaign finance don't fully disclose the source of their own donations.

A top chemical industry trade group is running advertisements touting the work of three GOP lawmakers who have been key allies over the years and are seeking re-election this fall.

BALTIMORE -- Congressional Republican leaders gathered here this week for a bicameral retreat tried to downplay concerns about GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and the increasingly combative primary campaign by stressing the need for a positive agenda for House and Senate candidates in November.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) is leading a bipartisan group of senators on legislation to boost research into advanced nuclear reactor designs.

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