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After collapsing in 2002, the U.S. bison industry is back up and kicking, but it desperately needs more ranchers to keep afloat.

A fatal fungus that's killed millions of bats over the past decade has appeared in the West Coast — thousands of miles from where the disease originated, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed yesterday.

Former Ohio Rep. Steven LaTourette, a longtime moderate within the House Republican caucus who left Congress in 2013, died yesterday. He was 62.

Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk warned the Army Corps of Engineers this week that the construction of a flood control project on the Mississippi River could endanger communities in southern Illinois.

Connecticut's congressional delegation is urging President Obama to create a marine monument off the coast of New England, despite pushback from some fishermen.

Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from opponents of U.S. EPA's stricter ozone standards as he pushed a bill to delay their implementation into the next decade, according to a new report by the environmental advocacy group Clean Air Watch.

A first-year seminar at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, aims to tackle big environmental justice issues like the Flint, Mich., drinking water crisis, "Cancer Alley" in Louisiana and Hurricane Katrina.

Colorado voters want elected leaders to do more to address thousands of abandoned mines across the state, fearing they could end up polluting waterways just like the Gold King mine disaster last year, according to a new poll.

A conservative group that rejects mainstream climate science today raised red flags over a legal agreement linked to defending federal measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions that was signed by the attorneys general of 16 states and territories, plus the District of Columbia.

The Washington Cattlemen's Association today called on the Fish and Wildlife Service to drop its blanket rule against the harming or killing of species on the threatened species list.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign yesterday sparked controversy by reaching out to California regulators about potentially reworking the renewable fuel standard.

The Nuclear Energy Institute today announced a number of high-profile departures intended to better position the ailing industry and "change the dialogue" before a new administration takes power.

Tom Birmingham has helped Westlands Water District provide to its 700 farms for the past 15 years. His methods have made the district a key player in some of the state's bitterest water battles. But his management style has begun to ruffle feathers both inside and outside the district.

Las Vegas police this week infiltrated and disbanded the largest cockfighting ring in Nevada's history.

A former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power official filed a lawsuit against the utility Wednesday, alleging that he was fired after pointing out security lapses and illegal activity by other employees.

A number of meal kit companies have popped up over the past few years, offering precisely cut and measured ingredients to help amateur cooks prepare fresh meals, but they leave behind a big trail of boxes and plastic waste.

Three experimental Zika virus vaccines have worked to protect monkeys, scientists announced yesterday, including one vaccine that is expected to start human testing in October.

The wastewater sediment discharge at a BP PLC refinery in Whiting, Ind., has gone back to permitted levels, the company said yesterday.

People with lung cancer may face an earlier death due to air pollution, according to researchers.

Officials from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency failed to intervene as a slaughterhouse in the town of Beardstown leaked contaminated water into an Illinois River tributary for 10 days, government records show.

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