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The House Natural Resources Committee approved a controversial bill today that would both conserve and develop millions of acres in Utah in a bid to prevent President Obama from designating a national monument in the state's Bears Ears region.

What do a former Coca-Cola president, a longtime U.S. EPA scientist and a former president of the World Wildlife Fund have in common?

The Fish and Wildlife Service is poised to protect its first bee in the continental U.S., announcing a proposed rule today that would list the rusty patched bumblebee as an endangered species.

PITTSBURGH — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told an oil and gas industry gathering today that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is waging war on struggling gas and petroleum producers and floating a price on carbon that would send precious U.S. jobs abroad.

In a surprise twist to the legal battle over the Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit expanded the panel of judges that will hear arguments next week.

Almost half the center of Paris will be accessible only by foot or bicycle this Sunday to mark World Car-Free Day.

Despite the rapid decline in bull moose populations in Minnesota, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has announced a hunt this fall for the first time since 2012.

A Louisiana Supreme Court justice took campaign contributions from an energy firm as a case involving that company was being reviewed in that court.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said Wednesday that if parishes don't sue oil and gas companies for their role in damaging wetlands, the state will.

A state audit released yesterday says that California's energy regulator is open to improper influence from utilities and contractors and that it doesn't guard against the appearance of such relationships.

The United Nations has warned that 323 million people across the globe are susceptible to life-threatening illnesses due to large-scale pollution of water bodies.

Aboriginal tribes from the northern United States and Canada signed a treaty yesterday to fight the construction of crude oil pipelines for oil sands in Alberta.

Three New York City antiques dealers were arrested yesterday and charged with selling $4.5 million worth of ivory products.

Tesla Motors Inc. is suing the state of Michigan for permission to sell cars there, alleging that existing state law is unconstitutional.

Researchers in Australia are studying invasive goldfish populations that are wreaking havoc on local ecosystems.

Severe drought in Utah is causing the Great Salt Lake to drop in water level at a rate that scientists say could destabilize the ecosystem.

A U.N. conference on endangered species is set to begin in South Africa tomorrow.

The fourth largest national park in the country is getting a new leader in November.

Burmese pythons may be extending their territory in South Florida and establishing a breeding population that could put other wildlife as risk.

Alphabet Inc.'s Google Maps has mysteriously erased dozens of national and state forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas from its online atlases.

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