Greenwire

The Michigan Attorney General's Office today charged six state officials in connection with the scandal in Flint, Mich., that has left 90,000 residents without access to drinking water.

A federal court today upheld the Interior Department's 2010 decision to provide a parcel of land to the Cowlitz tribe in Washington, where the tribe is currently developing a casino.

A federal court upheld U.S. EPA compliance deadlines today for states to meet the national standard for airborne soot and other fine particulate matter.

Federal scientists used drone technology to conduct research on marine mammals in Hawaii.

As rain events this year increase in frequency and force, wet micro- and macrobursts -- more commonly known as "rain bombs" -- are coming to the fore as a sign of the increasing effects of climate change, scientists say.

Florida's two-day spiny lobster season has seen the death of one person, the arrests of two people and a number of citations for improper harvesting.

The average surface temperature on California's Lake Tahoe has risen faster over the past four years than any time on record, according to an annual report issued yesterday by the University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

Nearly 6,190 birds died at the Ivanpah solar energy plant in Southern California's Mojave Desert in its second year of operation, a 77 percent increase over the estimated fatalities from the previous year.

The U.S. sugar industry is holding its applause over Congress' recent vote to block Vermont's mandatory labeling law for genetically modified foods and instead approve a national standard.

Speculation is scant among conservative climate activists about who would lead the Council on Environmental Quality under a Donald Trump White House.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is launching a tour of the energy-producing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio this afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA -- What does the Clinton restoration mean for the Democratic Party -- and for the political discourse in the nation?

John Cruden has been the Obama administration's top environmental attorney since late 2014.

Should the National Guard -- not private industry -- be safeguarding the United States' nuclear plants?

PHILADELPHIA -- Coal miners and climate activists were among the winners, "Berniecrats" and fracking foes the losers as this week's Democratic National Convention wrapped up last night.

A federal court today threw out part of U.S. EPA's air pollution standards for boilers and rejected all industry challenges against the rules in a win for environmentalists.

The Olympic Games start Friday, but a 16-month study commissioned by the Associated Press shows the waters in Rio de Janeiro are still very dangerous because of contamination by raw sewage, with high potential for athletes and spectators to become violently ill.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's general manager is discussing the timing of her retirement with the mayor's office, according to an aide in the office.

The Massachusetts Legislature passed a bill this weekend requiring the state to significantly increase its purchase of offshore wind, hydropower and other renewable energy. The bill was sent to Gov. Charlie Baker (R) for approval late last night.

Two people were killed Saturday night when a devastating flood ripped through Main Street of Ellicott City, Md., a small, picturesque town 14 miles west of Baltimore.

Latest Images