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The so-called Chevron doctrine, under which courts defer to federal agencies' judgment, is a "goliath of modern administrative law" that's "more than a little difficult to square" with the Founding Fathers' intentions, a federal judge said yesterday.

President Obama today officially protected over 87,500 acres of forests and streams in central Maine as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Environmental groups in Missouri are calling for a statewide ban on the commercial hunting of soft-shell and snapping turtles.

A series of tornadoes touched down in central Indiana yesterday, mowing down several houses in the town of Kokomo and causing a power outage for thousands of residents around Indianapolis.

Alaska hopes to foster a booming technology sector as the state's mining and logging industries continue to collapse.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) yesterday announced a disaster housing plan for those affected by last week's floods.

St. Louis Public Schools have begun replacing drinking water faucets after elevated lead levels were found this summer.

The Hopi Tribe in Arizona is pressing U.S. EPA to address arsenic-tainted drinking water on its reservation, claiming that three-quarters of the 7,000 people living on its land are affected.

Zika virus concerns are rising in most parts of Florida, but the Florida Keys are one exception.

A peer review committee has approved U.S. EPA's draft risk assessment of a possible human carcinogen used in cleaners and degreasers.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a permanent stop to mountaintop surface mining at a local mine just several hundred feet away from a state forest.

The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing next month over the proposed merger of DuPont and Dow Chemical Co., which he says raises concerns among Iowa farmers over production costs.

A Volkswagen attorney told a federal judge today the automaker could repair 85,000 diesel vehicles equipped with software to skirt air emissions standards.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs released $8.7 million in grants yesterday to 63 tribal nations for tackling climate change.

U.S. EPA's senior staff shuffle continues as a new head of speechwriting has taken the helm at the agency.

Small retailers who say the federal renewable fuel standard benefits bigger competitors are pointing to a new study to make their case.

Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg will rule by Sep. 9 on whether to temporarily block construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline.

Though Ryan Bundy, one of the militiamen who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last fall, wants to represent himself in court, Judge Anna Brown may bar him from doing so.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing U.S. EPA over delayed standards for lead-based paint and lead dust, arguing the agency hasn't updated them after promising to do so seven years ago.

Washington state and several tribes yesterday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision siding with a large Canadian smelter in a fight over airborne pollution.

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