Updated: 6:16 AM There is good news coming for Harrisonburg bicyclists and those looking to save on gas.

Posted: 4:37 PM A panel of scientists and environmentalists says the ambitious plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay faces a number of challenges to successfully achieve the massive reclamation project.

Posted: 4:35 PM The Army demonstrated new "green" ammunition at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland Wednesday.

Posted: 4:22 PM West Virginia could expect more than 2,300 direct jobs from building a plant to convert a Marcellus shale natural gas byproduct into a chemical industry staple.

Posted: 12:05 PM Mild weather in late winter caused less demand for electricity.

Posted: 12:03 PM Researchers are developing ways to substitute chicken feathers for petroleum in some plastics, and at least two companies are working to bring items from flower pots to office furniture to market.

Posted: 11:59 AM As gas prices rise, so do the sales of small cars.

Posted: 11:56 AM A group of attorneys using children and young adults as plaintiffs plans to file legal actions in every state and the District of Columbia Wednesday in an effort to force government intervention on climate change.

Updated: 6:27 PM Old Dominion Electric Cooperative will offer a pilot program to 11 member distribution cooperatives aimed at better managing fluctuations in wholesale supply and lowering utility costs.

Posted: 12:29 PM The Chesapeake Bay Commission meets this week in Washington.

Posted: 11:35 AM Faculty and students at the University of Virginia are backing a plan to reduce the school's effect on the environment.

Posted: 11:33 AM The oyster harvesting season on the James River won't be extended.

Posted: 11:31 AM Arch Coal is buying rival International Coal Group in an all-cash deal valued at $3.4 billion.

Posted: 11:26 AM Beckley Mayor Emmett Pugh says a $1.2 million project to reduce the city's energy usage will more than pay for itself.

Posted: 11:23 AM Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a contract to help enhance information technology infrastructure for the U.S. Forest Service.

Posted: 5:21 PM The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is the latest federal agency drawing the ire of Virginia's attorney general.

Posted: 1:20 PM Across the United States, people will have a chance to turn in expired and left-over prescription drugs this weekend.

Posted: 12:12 PM The State Corporation Commission has approved an application for the construction of a biomass electric generating facility in Halifax County.

Updated: 6:13 PM Volunteers will celebrate Arbor Day by helping to reforest an old coal mine site high atop Cheat Mountain in the Monongahela National Forest.

Updated: 5:19 PM The nation's top nuclear regulator is casting doubt on whether reactors in the U.S. are prepared for the type of prolonged power outage that struck a nuclear power plant in Japan.

Updated: 5:42 PM The Chesapeake Bay's health dropped for the first time in four years, according to a new report card.

Posted: 2:47 PM A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation that challenged a Virginia State Water Control Board decision that had allowed Merck & Co. to increase its pollution discharge into the Shenandoah River's South Fork.

Posted: 12:33 PM Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says he opposes a key wish-list item of the state's booming natural gas industry, a process called "forced pooling."

Updated: 12:28 PM As the high cost of gasoline takes a toll on politics and pocket books, President Barack Obama says he is calling on major oil producers to increase their oil supplies to help stabilize prices.

Posted: 12:24 PM High radiation levels recorded at a nuclear reactor in northeast Ohio have prompted a special inspection by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.