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Citing e-mails that critics say cast doubt on global warming, congressional Republicans called on the Obama administration Wednesday to suspend efforts to combat climate change until the controversy is resolved. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, the lawmakers...

State wildlife officials have extended the python hunt program. After a four-month test run that ended in October, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Wednesday that they would extend the program to a year-round effort starting in January....

The Internet giant unveiled the new interactive tool in San Francisco as part of a climate change press conference by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state partnered with Google on the program that shows Californians how warming temperatures, rising sea levels,...

The utility, Progress Energy, based in Raleigh, said it would close 11 coal-fired power plants built between the 1950s and 1970s. “Some of these plants are quite old,” said Bill Johnson, the chief executive of the company. But, he added,...

Kansas City Power & Light Co., which has been criticized in the past for delays in providing more renewable energy, is revving up its plans for wind power. The utility said Tuesday that it had issued requests for proposals to...

Speaking from Cape Town, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu [ Images ], known for battling against Apartheid, said the stakes for humanity were too high for the international community to fail at Copenhagen. "The final measure of a generation's courage...

The House has passed a bill banning the importation of radioactive waste for disposal in the United States. Wednesday's vote comes after EnergySolutions of Salt Lake City sought permission to import about 20,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Italy....

NV Energy Inc. has increased incentives to encourage development of residential and business wind energy projects. Residential customers can now earn rebates for up to 60 kilowatts of wind-generated power to help offset the cost of installation.

Mont. — Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday. The ruling came after federal officials concluded the once-common ground squirrels show signs of rebounding from decades of poisoning, shootings, the plague and loss of...