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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered California to draw 33 percent of its electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind power by 2020.

The Obama administration affirmed basic elements of the Bush administration’s conservation effort in the Pacific Northwest.

A huge coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant last year devastated property values and tourism.

Hawaii is experimenting with renewable forms of energy that will allow the state to lessen its dependence on imported oil.

I.B.M. executives said the company had begun an effort to improve battery storage, and a future generation lithium-air battery might be the answer.

Drain water that used to go unwanted, creating a wetland in the Mexican desert, is now being considered to mitigate the Southwest’s water shortage.

Kansas officials are pushing for federal buyouts for the residents of Treece, which is on land contaminated from mining, after buyouts emptied a nearby town.

Complaints filed with the government say the Forest Stewardship Council is being undermined by an industry group that lacks credibility.

A devastating drought is sweeping across Kenya, imperiling agriculture and tourism as well as spawning ethnic conflict.

In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.

Van Jones, the White House’s environmental jobs “czar,” had come under scrutiny from Republicans and conservative critics for his past comments and affiliations.

A Massachusetts court rejected a couple’s proposal to build a windmill, highlighting the steep odds such plans face nationwide.

The Obama administration, in an effort to curb environmental damage from surface coal mining, announced plans to scrutinize the applications in four states.

The first legal wolf hunt in decades has yielded few reported legal kills, but officials remain optimistic that the numbers will increase with cooler weather.

German officials are reviewing the safety of a plant that extracts heat from below the earth’s surface, an operation that scientists say set off an earthquake last month.

This book argues that city dwellers are ahead of the green curve.

The Obama administration warned that developed and developing nations remained divided in talks on reducing greenhouse gases and that time was running out before United Nations treaty negotiations.

A deepwater Pacific fish used in fast-food sandwiches and sushi has touched off arguments over the sustainability of the catch.

The turtles face many challenges because they must share their breeding ground with throngs of beachgoers.

Four months after gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list, a judge denied a request by environmentalists to stop the hunts.