In Pennsylvania, the Corbett Administration is considering leasing as many as 25,000 acres of public park and forest land as a way of raising $75 million for the state budget.

The IEA believes that the world must cut its carbon emissions to half of 2011 levels in order to experience a 20 percent chance of avoiding a global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius. This is harder without nuclear power.

The Supreme Court has slightly limited the EPA's ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

Valero Energy's plan to unload up to 70,000 barrels per day from trains at its Benicia, California refinery may significantly increase emissions in the state.

North American oil production has been on an impressive streak in recent years, and studies predict that it will reach a remarkable milestone within a few years.

A Houston-based energy company is proposing a multibillion dollar pipeline that would connect Massachusetts to shale fields in New York and Pennsylvania.

Oil and gas development is economically sound and increasingly popular.

It is becoming increasingly clear that natural disasters are creating long-term contamination issues that continue to threaten communities for years after the initial strike ends.

Kentucky is known as "coal country" for the vast amount of coal it has historically produced. However, times are changing, and economic and political factors are slowly changing the form of energy that the state is relying on.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state contamination lawsuit laws took precedence over any applicable federal laws.

There are a number of contaminated sites in both Oklahoma and Kansas. To remediate them, federal officials are working with locals—in this case, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

Those who want to understand how the EPA's new emissions regulations will work should look to California.

After some delays, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its final 316(b) rule for existing facilities that employ cooling water drawn from various domestic water supplies.

Duke Energy has reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding plans for cleaning up the site of a coal ash spill.

Hurricane season is approaching, and industries that conduct sensitive environmental operations must pay close attention to weather forecasts and predictions about how this upcoming season will play out.