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President Obama is set to offer a pay raise to federal employees in 2017.

The Forest Service's system for deciding where to thin fire-prone forests may be leaving some of the most vulnerable locations at risk, a government watchdog agency said.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues declared yesterday that the United States must allow the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to give input on the embattled Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The Energy Department yesterday said it would cost at least $1.2 billion to retrofit Montana's largest coal-fired power plant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Celebrity scientist Bill Nye will launch a talk show on Netflix in spring 2017 that focuses on debunking scientific myths and claims possibly made by politicians, religious leaders and others, the streaming network announced yesterday.

Pope Francis today declared that humans have turned the "bountiful garden" of the Earth into "a polluted wasteland of debris, desolation and filth."

President Obama told a small, private audience in Hawaii last night that he would announce new funding for investments in infrastructure, sustainable development and safer drinking water.

Even before any formal discussions have begun, the forthcoming Group of 20 summit in China has already taken on a green tinge.

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to announce that their countries will formally join last year's landmark Paris climate agreement when they meet in Beijing this weekend, helping usher into force an agreement they helped make possible.

An appellate court yesterday ruled that a lower-court judge made a mistake when finding Amtrak couldn't claim up to $125 million in insurance coverage after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

An environmental group is suing the Forest Service over the clearing of a fire-prevention line through critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in Washington state.

The Obama administration is warning the Supreme Court that a lower court's decision last year to allow a case against Venezuela over the seizure of oil drilling rigs to go forward could sour U.S. foreign relations.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled which rare animals and plants it will consider adding to the endangered or threatened species lists over the next seven years.

Florida's Gulf Coast is prepping for Tropical Storm Hermine, which could make landfall as a hurricane as early as tonight.

Navajo Nation lawmakers will hold a hearing over the controversial plan to build a tourist attraction in the Grand Canyon.

Tom Bell, seen by many as the pioneer of Wyoming's conservation movement, died Tuesday at age 92.

Mussels that pile up on marsh grass stems improve water storage and reduce soil salinity in coastal ecosystems, according to a recent study by the University of Florida.

A new book seeks to dispell the notion that recurring droughts will intensify Western water conflicts in the United States.

North Atlantic right whales face an uncertain future, thanks to fishing gear entanglements and declining birth rates, according to a recent article in Frontiers in Marine Science.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will begin taking comment tomorrow on a proposal that aims to provide clear guidelines for how land users should pay for damage to protected species or habitat.

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