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Wind power, one of the largest segments of the renewable energy market, will experience a sharp decline in growth this year, surprising because the stimulus bill, which President Obama signed into law 18 months ago, included a big boost for renewable forms of electricity.

Thanks to an extensive solar panel system partly paid for by the federal government, the 75 or so dogs at DogBoy's Dog Ranch in Texas sleep in air-conditioned comfort in the kennels that board them.

Germany's renewable energy future hinges on the fast expansion of power transmission grids, but planning authorities are dragging their feet, the head of the country's energy regulator said on Monday.

Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.

The Australian Greens said they will move "fast and furious" if the Labor Party's Julia Gillard remains prime minister to set up a proposed climate change committee with the aim of imposing a price on carbon emissions.

What does it take to trade in a commodity that cannot be seen or touched - and isn't even a commodity in the United States?

Children and teens exposed to higher amounts of the toxic chemical C8 appear to be more likely to have elevated cholesterol levels, according to a landmark new study published by researchers from West Virginia University.

A new study shows that dental sealants used to treat and prevent cavities may expose children to an estrogen-like chemical called BPA.

When children were coming down with leukemia roughly once a month in a small farming community in western Nevada, health experts were confident they would pinpoint the cause.

A Marine veteran’s widow was awarded compensation for the death of her husband from progressive small lymphocytic lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia caused by exposure to burnings at four landfills on former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.

One of Northern California's largest polluters may be trying to orchestrate a last-minute deal with Sacramento lawmakers to evade state environmental laws, potentially increasing its toxic emissions and skirting two court rulings.

Mired in a $27 billion environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, Chevron Corp. has taken the unusual step of trying to subpoena the other side's lead lawyer, arguing that he has committed fraud upon the court.

A toxic tide of acid mine water is rising steadily beneath Johannesburg which, if left unchecked, could cause earth tremors, power blackouts and even cancer among residents, experts have warned.

Shareholders of Vedanta Resources are taking action to clarify issues about the mining company's operations in India over concerns about alleged breaches of human rights and environmental laws.

Climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, a study suggests. It challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering unrest.

Rethinking the way the world uses, shares and manages water will be crucial to avoiding conflicts, feeding a growing population and limiting vulnerability to the effects of climate change, a leading water scientist says.

If the "massive and complex challenges" facing one of the world's most finite natural resources are not resolved soon, the future looks grimly devastating: scarcities, pollution, droughts, floods, desertification and diseases. That was the warning opening a major international water conference in the Swedish capital Monday.

Satellite measurements of nitrogen oxides in the air show as much as 20 percent more nitrogen oxides than the EPA's model predicted for the same time period. That's important because nitrogen oxides are a precursor to ozone. Some say the increase is from oil and gas drilling in the Barnett Shale.

BP, the energy giant responsible for the largest offshore oil spill in history, helped develop the state's framework for teaching more than 6 million students about the environment.

Meat could once again be fed to animals under plans to relax rules introduced to prevent the transmission of BSE more than 20 years after the emergence of "mad cow disease" caused a public health and political crisis.