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The fish that Grayling, Mich., was named after may be returning to the region's waters for the first time in a century.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced a plan to ban all new forage fisheries in state-regulated waters. The proposal should be heard by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission in September.

Water utilities are struggling to explain to their customers the link between aging infrastructure and rising rates, according to an industry survey.

Texas Central Railroad and Infrastructure Inc. is seeking to exercise eminent domain in its construction of a 240-mile line that would connect Dallas and Houston. But a state lawmaker says the company doesn't have that right -- because of a grammatical issue.

NASA announced Friday its plans for an all-electric airplane in an effort to make the aviation industry more green.

The U.S. EPA inspector general's tour of the Pacific islands has continued, as the agency watchdog is now questioning costs associated with the Northern Mariana Islands' environmental programs.

The Department of Energy this month released a draft plan that would double U.S. nuclear power capacity, including advanced reactors that do not rely on water for cooling.

Texas and other oil-producing states are struggling to plug newly abandoned wells in the wake of the worst oil bust since the 1980s.

A heat wave in Southern California today and tomorrow is stressing the power grid and could be the first test of whether natural gas shortages this summer will lead to rolling blackouts in the state.

An appeal over Wyoming's interpretation of American Indian treaty hunting rights has the potential to reach the U.S. Supreme Court after a Crow tribe member was cited for killing a bull elk in the state in 2014.

A Montana man is facing federal charges of pollution after a series of ponds he built may have discharged pollution to waters feeding into the Jefferson River.

A woman was attacked by a bear while she was running a marathon in Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico, wildlife officials say.

A coalition of 2,000-plus scientists is gathering today in an attempt to address the major decline and death of coral reefs around the world.

Protection groups are struggling to help a rare butterfly that is found in only one spot on Earth.

Over 90 years ago, Denali National Park's first superintendent built a cabin by hand. Now Denali's park staff is doing what it can to preserve it.

Last year was the deadliest year yet for environmental activists, nonprofit watchdog Global Witness said in a report released today.

House Science, Space and Technology Committee Republicans are doubling down on a request that state attorneys general turn over documents and communications on climate change.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported more than $12 million last year to process requests under the Freedom of Information Act, spending vastly more per request than any other agency of the Commerce Department.

Critics of the federal government's policies on pesticides will bring a truck full of dead bees to the doorstep of U.S. EPA this week to draw attention to the threats to pollinators.

Jane Kleeb, founder of the anti-pipeline group Bold Nebraska, claimed control of the Nebraska Democratic Party on Saturday as she won a close contest to become the group's new chairwoman.

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