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The International Criminal Court now will prosecute parties responsible for environmental degradation, natural resource exploitation and illegal land-grabbing, in a shift praised by land rights and environmental groups.

New York's attorney general is launching a probe into oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. regarding the company's failure to down-value its assets.

Greg Dotson, a former longtime aide to former Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and now a top official at the Center for American Progress, is heading into academia.

A whistleblower lawsuit served Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco alleges that several of the largest chemical companies in the United States have intentionally evaded federal law and owe over $90 billion in damages.

Animal advocates don't have legal standing to challenge the government's decision to allow chimpanzees to be exported from a research facility in Georgia to a zoo in England, a federal court this week ruled.

The colorful Hawaiian honeycreeper is facing "imminent collapse" on the island of Kauai, according to experts.

Environmental groups are calling for increased protections for a scaled mammal that has inspired two Pokemon characters.

California officials yesterday announced a proposal to reduce water deliveries to farms and cities from the San Joaquin River to protect threatened fish species.

Part of the Water Resources Development Act bill passed yesterday by the Senate could provide up to 50 homes for Columbia River tribal members who have been waiting for federal action since their homes were flooded during dam construction in 1937.

Hunting advocates challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service's ban on importing elephant trophies from Tanzania in 2014 will get their day in federal appellate court next week.

The White House has wrapped up its review of U.S. EPA's proposed changes to "exceptional events" regulations intended to make it easier for states to get waivers for air pollution violations deemed outside of their control.

Environment and Public Works Chairman Jim Inhofe is the Senate's best-known global warming skeptic — and he's proud of that.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The manager of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge testified yesterday that he learned of threats to kidnap a federal employee during the 41-day armed occupation earlier this year.

Electric vehicle giant Tesla yesterday announced it will deploy the largest lithium-ion battery project in the world to back up power in California.

Hours after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign released some of its most detailed positions on energy policy, it updated its website with a new document that omits some of the key specifics.

Two people were killed and several were injured as police tried to stop protests against forced evictions of homes near an Indian rhino sanctuary that houses the largest number of the creatures in the world.

Canada's top environmental official announced yesterday that her government will impose a carbon price on provinces that do not sufficiently curb emissions by themselves.

Scientists have estimated that over 100,000 people died prematurely due to weekslong haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia in 2015.

Hundreds of chemical and pesticide storage facilities across the United States do not have adequate safety protections and pose large threats to public health, a yearlong investigation by the Houston Chronicle has unveiled.

Environmental and public health advocates are decrying Miami Beach's use of aerial spraying to stop the spread of the Zika virus.

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