An unprecedented accord between the world’s largest oil producers to ratchet back production and rescue crude markets from a catastrophic pandemic-driven collapse moved closer within reach after Russia signaled it’s ready to make cuts.

A federal judge says a medical sterilizer company in suburban Atlanta can continue indefinitely to use carcinogenic ethylene oxide to clean critically needed medical equipment.

A growing number of California cities and towns are strengthening their building codes to require all-electric buildings, green roofs, solar power, and other measures to reduce carbon emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to exempt Texas from a 2015 rule limiting emissions during startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions will allow facilities to release pollution that puts public health at risk, according to a coalition of environmental and community groups.

A group of powerful Republican senators wants to make sure the bailout program being administered by BlackRock Inc. on behalf of the federal government won’t leave fossil-fuel companies behind.

Cars lined up this week at the main entrance to the Baishazhou wet market, one of the biggest in Wuhan, which is buzzing again. The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged has stirred back to life following a lockdown lasting for months.

Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company LLC may proceed with a project to integrate two oil refining facilities near Los Angeles, after a California appeals court rejected a challenge to state regulators’ determination that the project would reduce air pollution.

An EPA rule easing states’ power to veto pipeline and other infrastructure projects due to water quality concerns is now one step away from public release.

The Interior Department is proposing to let hunters and anglers kill more migratory birds and other animals in wildlife refuges—an opportunity to “celebrate” victory over the coronavirus pandemic in the fall, Interior officials said Wednesday.

Republican lawmakers call on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to restore stability to oil markets, according to joint letter on Wednesday.