energy and the environment

Congress Oks budget deal worth $1T in new spending and $680B in tax cuts, sends bill to ObamaKey countries meet in latest push to launch Syrian peace ...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear Monday, with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging government...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Pushing for a powerful climate deal, President Barack Obama called the global talks opening Monday outside Paris an "act of ...

Leaders of a warming Earth, in largest gathering ever, rethink global energy in ParisThe Latest: Pope Francis warns 'it's now or never' to come up wit...

PARIS (AP) — Government and business leaders are banking on clean energy technology to fight global warming, kicking off this week's high-stakes clima...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday that American leadership was helping make gains in the global fight against climate change as he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behin...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pope Francis warned Thursday that it would be "catastrophic" for world leaders to let special interest groups get in the way of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whethe...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — There's far more riding on the Americas' largest seawater desalination plant than the 50 million gallons of drinking water it ...

BONN, Germany (AP) — The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain will be China's "partner of choice" in the West, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Wednesday, as China demonstrated its comm...

LONDON (AP) — The latest news on the second day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain. All times local. 5:15 p.m. Police have dragg...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and competing for space on your rooftop. The emerging c...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell's dry hole in the Chukchi Sea may be disappointing to shareholders, but it's potentially devastating to Ala...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years, a d...

CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that lef...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Shell Oil icebreaker retreated Thursday after a showdown with environmental activists dangling from Portland, Oregon's tallest...

HONOLULU (AP) — High above the bustling city of Honolulu, in a quiet, exclusive hillside neighborhood where some of the island's wealthiest residents ...