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AP - An environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.

AP - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says there has been "significant progress" in cleaning up an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River.

The barge builder's work, to be completed by October, involves removing or capping 17,000 cubic yards of soil laden with asbestos, metals and other toxic contaminants.

The Canadian company in charge of a ruptured oil pipeline in southern Michigan says a spill into the Kalamazoo River has been contained -- and the Environmental Protection Agency agrees the spill presents no real threat to Lake Michigan. But cleaning up the site may take many more months.

DETROIT/CALGARY (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc's chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be able to restart the Michigan pipeline that ruptured earlier this week, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil.

Filed under: Etc.Big Dog quadri-cycle - Click above for high-res image galleryFriday afternoon we had the opportunity to walk around the site of the first-ever Maker Faire Detroit while exhibitors were getting set up and we encountered a few wheeled contraptions including Big Dog. This human-powe...

In the 100 days since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the largest oil spill in US history, Big Oil and its supporters have been doing everything in their public relations power to convey the impression that what happened in the Gulf...

Reuters - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A U.N. panel has declared the Florida's Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands' continued degradation, officials said on Friday.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENo. 10-OPA86 Governor Granholm, Senator Stabenow to accompany Administrator *PLEASE NOTE: New Time for Media Briefing* Marshall, Mich. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P