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The media company that accepted the conservative Heartland Institute's controversial ad about climate change rejected one rival billboard but accepted another.

China has led the way in expanding nuclear generating capacity over the last decade.

Bangladesh, buffeted by climate change and flooding, is a prime example of a country whose fate could be determined by what happens at a conference in Rio next month.

Science tries to keep pace with new rules setting limits on microorganisms in the ballast of ships plying American waters.

A new, accessible book may be useful to people taking their first dive into the role of clouds in climate.

Paul Watson is being held in a German jail as Costa Rica seeks his extradition on a navigational violation.

A compilation of research suggests that hatched salmon could threaten the long-term survival of wild salmon unless precautions are taken.

Drawing on data from a wealth of institutions, researchers set out to map species around the globe.

A study backed by automakers contends that an ethanol blend approved by the Environmental Protection Agency damaged some car engines in tests.

The cardiovascular health of volunteer subjects improved when Beijing took steps to reduce pollution during the 2008 Olympics Games, a study finds.

For every ton of carbon captured by newly planted trees, a coffee-growing community in the Peruvian Andes receives a carbon credit that can later be sold on the global market to benefit local residents.

An environmental group devoted to protecting forests takes issue with a certification program financed mainly by the timber industry.

An environmental group lists American rivers that it sees as threatened by a weakening of the Clean Water Act.

A federal agency cleared the way for an environmental review of a proposed Atlantic wind power transmission backbone.

The agency will contest a judge's finding that it lacked the authority to revoke a waste disposal permit for a mining project in West Virginia.

The federal government says that improved stocks show that catch limits are working,

A study of DNA in whale bones seems to indicate that far more whales once existed than previously thought.

A poll suggests consumers are willing to pay somewhat more for "clean" energy, but not if that definition wraps in nuclear power or natural gas.

A new television ad campaign by Sunrun, a home solar-power company, aims to tickle your funny bone rather than prick your conscience.

While a research firm projects that 60 percent of American homes will have a smart energy feature by 2020, consumer adoption has been slower than hoped.