The EPA may retest water in Dimock, Pa., where residents have linked polluted water to fracking operations. In its first round of testing the town's water, the EPA declared it safe.

GM is fixing up the Volt in order to avoid in real-life battery fires like the ones that started during testing.

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As winter sea ice disappears in the Arctic, fewer baby harp seals are making it.

The amount of toxic chemicals shunted into the environment went up 16 percent between 2009 and 2010, according a new EPA report.

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The president of the Maldives has a message for Australia: The entire population of his country is probably there if their islands sink, so get ready.

Scientists are making progress on carbon capture technology, which is good news if you believe that the world’s not going to give up coal.