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U.S. EPA's internal watchdog is calling on the agency to get a grip on its transit subsidies for employees.

U.S. EPA's Chicago-based office is coming under investigation for its response to sexual harassment allegations.

A California man yesterday pleaded guilty to two felony charges after he looted about 20,000 Native American artifacts from public lands, including Death Valley National Park.

Volkswagen AG and the U.S. Justice Department have entered settlement talks over a criminal probe into the automaker's diesel emissions scandal, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

Washington state asked a federal appeals court yesterday to reconsider its ruling that the state's management of culverts violates 19th-century treaties with Native American tribes, saying the "terribly unfair" decision puts taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars in updates.

Lacie Richardson was introduced to fishing in college when she spent the bulk of her free time as an exchange student at the University of Alaska Southeast fly-fishing.

Over 700 mountain whitefish in the Yellowstone River in Montana have been found dead since the fish kill was detected Friday, and officials do not know why.

Efforts to install more solar power on public lands in California are pitting onetime allies against each other.

The massive Clayton Fire north of San Francisco doubled in size earlier this week, adding to California's fire woes as firefighters also combat eight other blazes in the state.

The Fish and Wildlife Service announced yesterday that it is again listing slickspot peppergrass as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

July was the hottest month in recorded history, NASA said yesterday.

A computer model launched today heralds the "biggest improvement in flood forecasting the country has ever seen," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The climate phenomenon El Niño eased last year after failing to end California's drought, and now La Niña — which brings drier weather — may be next.

Washington Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell warned Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz yesterday of the growing grass-roots anger bubbling up across the Pacific Northwest as the nation's rails, loaded with crude oil, creep closer to populated areas.

Environmentalists have latched onto a federal satellite study of methane emissions to bolster their case for stronger rules to limit releases of the potent greenhouse gas from oil and natural gas wells.

Congressional Republicans looking for an endorsement from the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund may need to keep holding their breath.

Republican scion Liz Cheney made her first attempt to win a seat in Congress two years ago, and, in short, it was a disaster.

Psyon Games, a startup based in Finland, has tapped into the Twitter feed of Donald Trump for a new game that challenges the Republican presidential nominee's statements on climate science.

Donald Trump today announced that his agriculture advisory committee includes state commissioners of agriculture, a lobbyist for pesticide companies and a poet inspired by cowboys.

Coal's top trade groups shriveled as their beleaguered industry hemorrhaged cash in recent years.

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