Posted: 06/10/2011 - Federal scientists are using sonar to map deepwater canyons about 100 miles off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland.

Posted: 06/09/2011 - Environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to throw out a U.S. government decision to approve a Shell oil exploration plan that involves five proposed wells under more than 7,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 06/09/2011 - American Electric Power Co. Inc. says it will have to shut down five plants and make cutbacks at six others to comply with new rules proposed for coal-fired power plants.

Posted: 06/09/2011 - The Tennessee Valley Authority has appealed a serious violation that federal regulators leveled against the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama.

Posted: 06/09/2011 - The Monongalia County Commission is warning Morgantown against trying to ban natural gas drilling beyond its municipal borders.

Posted: 06/09/2011 - Volunteers who pitched in for the annual Clean the Bay Day fished out an interesting array of items, ranging from two live kittens to a toilet seat.

Posted: 06/09/2011 - Some of West Virginia's oldest trees are helping scientists collect new data on climate change.