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Managing non-cropland sites? An upcoming Penn State Extension workshop will offer vegetation managers routine and up-to-date insights on plant identification and best practices, with control methods ...

West Virginia leaders want the state to get in on the rapidly growing market for data centers – computer server-populated ...

New research makes it possible to reconstruct ancient ecosystems by analyzing the teeth of over 50,000 carnivorous animal ...

Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency wasn't shocking. What was, though, was that his order singled out ...

Talking up fossil fuels and dumping on solar may make for good politics with the folks in rural Virginia. That doesn’t mean it’s in their interests ...

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A Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. unit is dropping its lawsuit against Sigma AgriScience LLC over legal defense costs for pollution claims tied to Sigma’s Texas fertilizer production plant. Nationwide ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto The family of a Texas man who was crushed to death during work at a bottling plant is seeking answers as they mourn. Arlen Vargas, 39, was working as a truck driver for a ...

Lignin is the second most abundant renewable carbon source, making up about 30% of the non-fossil fuel-based carbon on Earth. It is also notoriously difficult to extract from plants. The material ...

An environmentally-friendly preparation of plant material from pine could serve as a substitute for petroleum-based chemicals in polyurethane foams. The innovation could lead to more ...