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The American Petroleum Institute is challenging recently adopted permitting requirements for oil and natural gas drilling operations on Indian reservations.

A federal appeals court's rejection of an industry challenge to U.S. EPA's boiler and solid waste incinerator standards is giving a similar set of plaintiffs hope in their case against the Clean Power Plan.

Declining fish populations in Lake Tanganyika, Africa's oldest lake, may be a result of climate change rather than overfishing, according to a new study.

The National Park Service announced yesterday that Margaret Goodro will now head Biscayne National Park in southern Florida.

The Forest Service logged hundreds of acres of critical spotted owl habitat in Washington state, the Seattle Times found, in an effort to derail a fire that never came.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed adding a freshwater mussel species from New Mexico and Texas to the endangered species list.

Four years after rodent excrement in Yosemite National Park accommodations killed three visitors and sickened 10 others, the National Park Service still has not implemented either of the agencywide recommendations that an internal watchdog made to prevent future disease outbreaks, according to the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General.

The American Petroleum Institute today launched a campaign against the renewable fuel standard in an attempt to push back against higher ethanol mandates for U.S. gasoline.

Groups opposed to carbon capture subsidies today filed a Freedom of Information Act request to release more details on an existing federal tax program for the technology targeted in multiple congressional bills.

Hillary Clinton yesterday criticized the climate policies of Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who serves as chairman of a super political action committee supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dominated headlines about Wisconsin's primary as he hemmed and hawed over whether to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan's re-election bid — before backing the GOP leader on Friday.

In the battle for Ohio's Senate seat, environmentalists and clean energy advocacy groups have divided along predictable party lines.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins last night said she will not cast her ballot for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, asserting that the GOP's top candidate in the 2016 cycle does not reflect the party's values and shows "complete disregard for common decency."

William Reilly admits it wasn't a hard sell.

A federal court yesterday ruled for the first time on the legality of the Obama administration's estimated social cost of carbon.

While many national parks have become beloved areas, others verge on the insignificant, their creation benefiting a politician more than the environment or the nation's cultural identity. Every additional park comes with a cost, but not always new funding. Even the agency's supporters come close to admitting that some parks may be unnecessary.

The Olympic diving pool in Rio de Janeiro yesterday turned green, and officials suspect algae could be the cause.

The city of Lianyungang in eastern China today halted its site selection for a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant following a spate of protests by locals.

The administration of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) is again lashing out against a state toxicologist who said state officials had knowledge of a cancer-causing chemical in well water near Duke Energy Corp. coal ash ponds but lifted the drinking water warning for the wells anyway.

Scientists have identified hundreds of disinfection byproducts in drinking water, calling into question whether a certain substance is a suitable disinfectant.

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