By DEAN BEEBY OTTAWA (CP) - Energy companies are refusing to share critical data with federal officials because they're afraid sensitive information will become public through the Access to Information Act, says a new study.

By DEAN BEEBY OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian diamond industry could suffer because the country's fight against "blood diamonds" is so inadequately funded, warns a newly released audit.

By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. May 21--LINCOLN -- Nebraska water regulators at the state and local level passed up chances a decade ago to limit groundwater irrigation development in the Platte River basin.

A state renewable energy education program has students at Albuquerque's Cleveland Middle and other schools around the state literally studying the sun as a power source.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - More than a dozen manatees have been spotted off the South Carolina coast this month, and the state's wildlife department says boaters should be cautious when they see the endangered species.