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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Duke Energy reached a deal Thursday afternoon to clean up one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history.

A letter signed by 30 groups asks a vital question of a potential 2016 presidential candidate. “Secretary Clinton, will you stand with us against Keystone XL?”

Transparency is the least you could hope for if you’re against fracking for energy. If North Carolina Republicans get their way, such transparency could result in a felony.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley could have made his state wait for clean energy, jobs and fewer emissions, but he chose not to with a strong, landmark veto.

Just like our 50 states vary in size, infrastructure and finances, they also differ in the amount of dangerous gases their industries emit into the atmosphere.

Just like our 50 states vary in size, infrastructure and finances, they also differ in the amount of dangerous gases their industries emit into the atmosphere.

Germany remains one of the best examples around the world for countries, regions and communities with dreams of amping up their renewable energy generation.

One of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the U.S. will soon shut down, thanks to a well-known billionaire and previously passed legislation.

“We are not experts on climate change,” Koch spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia told the newspaper. “We do believe there should be free and open debate on the climate issue and it should be based on sound science and intellectual honesty.”

Whether it’s a Congresswoman claiming human-caused global warming is unproven, an energy company trying to apologize for an explosion with pizza or a news network telling a respected journalist not to utter the phrase ‘climate change,’ you probably think you’ve heard it all. Nope. Not even close.

f you lease solar panels in Arizona—now home of the world’s largest photovoltaic solar facility—there could soon be a tax for that. A new interpretation of state law regarding solar panels means that customers could be paying taxes on them by October 2015, the Arizona Republic reported.

When Google makes renewable energy news, it usually showcases the company’s sustainability as opposed to directly impacting the average American. That could change following this week’s announcement of a nine-figure solar fund.

The sun obviously provides the power source when it comes to solar energy, but an Oregon State University researcher says it can also produce the materials needed to harness that energy.

A former U.S. president provided some strong words regarding climate change this week while speaking at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po).

The future of solar energy in Maine was left in the hands of Gov. Paul LePage this month, but he decided to drop it.

Monsanto is valued at $60 billion in the marketplace with 525 million shares outstanding, but the three largest mutual fund shareholders, Vanguard, Fidelity and State Street, own nearly 16 percent of Monsanto stock. By comparison, the seed giant’s CEO Hugh Grant owns less than 1 percent.

Clearly, there’s no comparing the sparse population of Utah’s Uintah Basin and that of the mega-metropolis within the Los Angeles basin. So, how could both places possibly have similar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) levels?

Clearly, there’s no comparing the sparse population of Utah’s Uintah Basin and that of the mega-metropolis within the Los Angeles basin. So, how could both places possibly have similar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) levels?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie decided in 2011 that power plants no longer had to comply with previously established pollution limits.

About 240 barrels of crude oil—roughly 10,000 gallons—leaked from a Sunoco pipeline this week, contaminating a large area in the Oak Glen Nature Preserve, near Cincinnati, OH.