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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt addresses coal miners in Sycamore, Pa., yesterday. Photo courtesy of EPA.
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Activists push Western Mass cities and towns to stop using fossil fuels.
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Rock formations are shown Feb. 23 in the Little Finland area of Gold Butte National Monument. Designated by then-President Barack Obama, the 300,000-acre...
Electric grid study ordered by U.S. energy chief to boost coal.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is ordering a study of the U.S. electric grid, with an eye to examining whether policies that favor wind...
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Tribal members in Oklahoma defeat natural gas pipeline company.
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Alaskan oil well leaking gas. (Reuters)
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NOAA is still lacking an administrator to lead agency.
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