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After 95 years, a missing Navy tug has been found off the coast of San Francisco.

A member of the "security team" during the occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year has been indicted on a charge of theft of government property by a federal grand jury.

Jane Sanders, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, will journey to the Bristol Bay region of Alaska to meet with indigenous communities tomorrow about issues in their community, including the controversial Pebble mine proposal.

The militant takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge will cost the Fish and Wildlife Service more than $6 million, Director Dan Ashe said yesterday.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund today waded into the Ohio Senate contest, endorsing former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) in his bid to oust Republican Sen. Rob Portman.

Coal country can't afford to put federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court, according to the West Virginia Coal Association.

A new poll gives former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and GOP front-runner Donald Trump the edge in California's presidential primary.

Peter Gleick, the president and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, is relinquishing his leadership role after nearly 30 years in charge.

President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, won't be working on active cases for the foreseeable future.

The planned takeover of seed giant Syngenta AG by a Chinese company is facing opposition over fears that it could put America's food supply at risk.

House Natural Resources Committee Democrats are demanding that the panel's Republican leaders take up a pair of bills targeting the estimated 500,000 abandoned mine sites nationwide.

Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) revealed yesterday that although she is leaving Capitol Hill at the end of the 114th Congress, she hopes to remain in public office -- and announced her bid to become Macomb County's public works commissioner.

Congress should investigate the recent flurry of armed activity threatening the federal government's land holdings in the West, the liberal Center for American Progress said in a newly released analysis.

Almost 20 years ago, a New York biologist stumbled across 1,000 dead double-crested cormorants on an island in eastern Lake Ontario.

When it comes down to it, Texas real estate scion and Republican donor Trammell Crow just wants his party and its candidates to embrace climate change science.

Vice President Joe Biden today said his record as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman should be the model for Republicans in the Supreme Court nomination process: Hold a hearing, call a vote.

Cal Dooley is not your typical lobbyist. The former farmer who rises early and likes to work outside stands to make a big mark on U.S. environmental regulation as the head of the chemical industry's largest trade organization, the American Chemistry Council. But he wouldn't describe it that way, his backers say.

Three-quarters of children in the United Kingdom spend less time outdoors than prison inmates, according to a new survey that reveals how time playing outside has declined.

The man who captivated the country by climbing an 80-foot sequoia tree in a downtown district of Seattle for more than a day refused to make a court appearance yesterday.

Tumbleweed, or Russian thistle, is a symbol of the American West, but the plant is piling up in certain areas of New Mexico, making it hard for locals to complete even the most basic tasks.

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