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In 1932, North Dakota law banned nonfamily organizations from owning farmland or even running a farm. But in March of last year, the state Legislature passed a law that relaxed the farming ban.

Portland, Ore., a city that has prided itself on its stream-fed drinking water, has found high levels of lead in its schools' water. And its residents are reeling.

Scientists say the drinking water of more than 16 million people contains a chemical called perchlorate, which is also found in explosives, road flares and rocket fuel.

Twenty-one coal ash facilities across five states are leaking contaminants into the surrounding waters, according to a report written by a Duke University scientist.

In its latest swipe at a long-standing legal shield for air pollution violators, U.S. EPA is seeking to strip "emergency affirmative defense" provisions from state and federal operating permits issued under the Clean Air Act.

The June 3 derailment of a Union Pacific train carrying crude oil across the Oregon-Washington border was caused by at least one broken bolt, officials say.

As the hydraulic fracturing oil and gas production technique proliferates, so do the number of questions concerning water spilled from its operations.

There are few populated spaces left with pristine night skies, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.

The Department of Energy published three efficiency rules in the Federal Register today, including the first-ever proposed standards on portable air conditioners and a final standard on battery chargers.

Persistent low oil and gas prices will not block ballooning growth in renewables, batteries and energy storage in the next two decades, according to a new forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for failing to investigate allegations of political pressure made against Murray Energy Corp.

The phaseout of private airboating on the Everglades starts this year, except for a few given permits through a grandfathering agreement.

A growing scientific consensus says the biomedical industry is causing the deaths of horseshoe crabs.

Yosemite National Park is testing a reserved parking system to guarantee parking spots for driving in Yosemite Valley, officials announced last week.

In the summer of 2013, everything changed for the residents of Yarnell, Ariz. A lightning storm ignited a bush on Yarnell Hill, and two days later, 19 firefighters were dead and 127 homes were burned to the ground in the deadliest day in American firefighting since 9/11.

For the first time in 85 years, herring are spawning in a tributary to the Hudson River in New York after a dam was removed from its mouth.

National Park Service officials last week euthanized a black bear wandering around Apgar Village in Glacier National Park two days after the animal raided a vehicle for food as campers were eating at a picnic table a few feet away.

Denali National Park and Preserve officials say they found the remains of a man who hadn't been heard from for nearly a year.

The Forest Service could stop old-growth logging sooner in the Tongass National Forest if officials had a better idea how much harvestable younger wood is there, a group pushing to end the practice says.

A government watchdog says the Bureau of Land Management has "fundamentally disrespected" President Obama's decision last year establishing a national monument in Nevada by quietly routing an off-road race through some of the tract's most rugged areas.

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