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Anyone with a computer can now track the world's largest fishing vessels, thanks to a new interactive online tool from Google, Oceana and SkyTruth.

It doesn't look as if John Boehner is quitting smoking anytime soon.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is making inroads among the supporters of her primary opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but could make greater gains by emphasizing her support for renewable energy, according to a poll released today by the liberal NextGen Climate Action Committee.

A former adviser to President Clinton is urging presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to make science and technology policy a priority if elected.

President Obama struck an optimistic note today at the Our Ocean conference in Washington, D.C., straying from his prepared remarks to emphasize the resilience of nature if people "just stop actively destroying it."

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Burns resident and sympathizer of the activists at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge testified yesterday in court that he accidentally became one of the first occupiers.

The Obama administration's plan for managing renewable energy development in California's desert clashes with the state's aggressive goals for limiting climate change, wind and solar groups warned yesterday.

The Senate passed a two-year water projects bill today, advancing billions of dollars for harbor maintenance, wetland restoration, and aid to Flint, Mich., and other communities grappling with water contamination from lead pipes.

President Obama and his team stormed into office almost eight years ago with big ambitions for environment and energy policy. Greenwire recently asked energy and environment experts from across the political spectrum — including former government officials, industry representatives, environmentalists and politicians — to weigh in on the environmental successes and failures of the Obama administration. Their responses varied dramatically, with grades ranging from A's to a "resounding F."

Three cities in Colorado have identified the same chemical toxin in their water supply, leading officials to speculate a nearby military base may be to blame.

The Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday that it will increase water flow from swollen Lake Okeechobee, which caused the spread of algal blooms along Florida's Treasure Coast this summer.

A coalition of consumer health groups is calling for stricter regulation on toxic compounds found in discount retail store products across the country.

Beth Cobert, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, is seeing more improvement in the federal workforce's morale.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded the first two contracts under its Commercial Weather Data Pilot program, in an effort to test out data from commercial satellites.

Amazon.com Inc. is investing in its largest renewable energy project yet: a wind farm in west Texas.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) declared a state of emergency yesterday over concerns of oil shortages stemming from a gasoline pipeline spill that released 250,000 gallons of gasoline in the state and shut down a major pipeline.

The World Trade Organization Appellate Body today issued a report that agreed with an earlier WTO finding that India's domestic requirements for solar products discriminate against American manufacturers.

Federal regulators today issued a positive draft environmental review for the $3.5 billion Mountain Valley pipeline, a 300-mile-long natural gas line slated to run from West Virginia to Virginia.