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NASA and scientists from around the world yesterday began a three-year campaign to gather data on coral reefs using specially designed instruments on aircraft flying at about 23,000 feet.

Seven U.S. coastal cities experienced a record number of days of nuisance flooding last year as a result of climate change and El Niño, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Environmentalists are asking a federal judge to force U.S. EPA to render a decision on a soot cleanup plan for Fairbanks, Alaska.

Scientists expect this summer to see a 6,824-square-mile dead zone on the continental shelf along the coasts of Louisiana and East Texas.

Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage says the European Union should not allow the Swedish government to list the American lobster as an invasive species.

The National Park Service has located two people suspected of vandalizing a rock last month on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

U.S. EPA awarded $465,000 to the Navajo Nation for monitoring water quality as the agency continues to come to terms with last year's Gold King abandoned mine spill.

Environmental groups are worried that endangered salmon in California's Sacramento River could suffer for the third year in a row under the Bureau of Reclamation's current management of water supplies.

People affected by spills and leaks could sue the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration under a new bill from Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat whose district was rocked in 2010 by a natural gas pipeline explosion.

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is raising new questions about a popular stimulus program for renewable energy projects that awarded cash grants in lieu of existing tax credits.

Billionaire Charles Koch, one of the country's most influential financiers, has said he's tired of the vitriolic presidential race and will run TV ads that urge citizens to work together to fix the "rigged" economy.

The Rockefeller Fund is sponsoring a conference in Atlanta next week for property owners, nonprofit groups, law firms and environmental groups to strategize on fighting the use of eminent domain to build new oil and gas pipelines.

NextEra Energy Inc. has hired Heather Podesta + Partners LLC, a high-profile lobbying firm, to represent the energy giant on clean energy and tax policy issues, disclosure records show.

Savvy technology giant Apple Inc. is now focusing its expertise on selling excess renewable energy back into the country's electric grid.

A second defendant yesterday admitted he conspired to impede Fish and Wildlife Service employees from doing their jobs when he joined dozens of others in occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January.

One flier advertises an open hunting season on southeast Utah backpackers, with no harvest limits and all weapons permitted.

A Supreme Court term that started off as lackluster for environmental law enthusiasts has turned out to be one for the history books.

Authorities in northern Japan are warning people to avoid mountain forests after four people were killed in a string of bear attacks in the region.

In a move that could be contentious in the European community, Sweden said last week that it could build up to 10 new nuclear reactors in the coming years to replace older facilities that are being phased out.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pledged to establish a fund of 1 billion Australian dollars ($740 million) to combat climate change and water quality issues on the Great Barrier Reef, implemented by a re-elected Coalition government.

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