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U.S. EPA's renewable fuel credits system is open to fraud that's becoming more organized, said a former director of the agency's law enforcement branch.

Environmental groups are asking President Obama to permanently withdraw Arctic and Atlantic waters from future oil drilling, rather than limit himself to removing the areas from Interior's five-year oil and gas leasing program.

Four men in Alaska have been charged with killing walruses in 2015, taking the ivory tusks and leaving the meat to rot.

Two tribes living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming may be in rough waters after a federal court ruling expected later this month.

Two whistleblowers who raised safety concerns at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation were granted $216,000 in addition to legal fees from a judge.

A scientist at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge returned to her office to find it "completely trashed" after the militia takeover earlier this year, she testified yesterday.

A U.S. appeals court will soon decide if the Bureau of Land Management can remove wild horses from public lands at the request of adjacent landowners.

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to trafficking parts of American black bears for use in traditional Asian medicine markets, the Justice Department said yesterday.

A federal court yesterday tossed out a lawsuit by environmental and animal rights groups over U.S. EPA's failure to respond to a petition for regulations covering air emissions from livestock operations.

John Craighead, a conservationist credited with helping to save the grizzly bear from extinction, has died in Montana at age 100.

Millions of trees are dying across the country, and many are dying because of climate change.

There are 2,000 Houston toads left in the wild, a scientist says.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will look into incorporating an area meant for the largest proposed coal terminal in North America into the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve in response to a request from the Lummi Nation.

A 25-year, $360 million plan to save the razorback sucker fish in the Colorado River is showing signs that it is working.

An Arizona turtle and a Mississippi fish would gain federal protection under two new proposals from the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Obama administration is mulling an expansion of the California Coastal National Monument, recently sending the head of the Bureau of Land Management to the area to speak to local officials.

A watchdog group today raised concerns about a temporary new post for the head of the troubled Canaveral National Seashore.

A senior consultant to Donald Trump has self-published a new book touting the Republican presidential nominee as an "environmental hero."

John Boehner is headed to K Street.

A bipartisan coalition of governors yesterday urged President Obama to take steps to facilitate the expansion of onshore and offshore solar and wind development before he leaves office.

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