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Since energy guru Byron Dorgan left the Senate five years ago, he's penned two action-packed eco-thriller novels.

The leader of Yosemite National Park submitted his resignation yesterday following charges that he created a hostile work environment for women.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants a farmer or rancher to be his U.S. EPA administrator, according to the campaign's co-chairman and policy adviser.

PORTLAND, Ore. — One person has eclipsed even Ammon Bundy and the other defendants in the courtroom theatrics playing out over the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. It's Bundy's attorney, Marcus Mumford.

When Superstorm Sandy struck the New York region four years ago, a storm surge on Fire Island carved a breach that connected the ocean and the bay.

After a battle with Democratic leaders, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has accepted the first tax increase during his seven years in office.

U.S. EPA has reached legal agreements with two Puerto Rico towns to permanently close municipal solid waste landfills over the next few years.

German automaker Volkswagen has agreed to dole out $1.2 billion to U.S. dealers in the wake of its emissions cheating scandal uncovered by U.S. EPA last year.

There's never been a fuel-cell vehicle as brawny or stealthy as the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, unveiled today at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army.

Congress last week sent a bill to President Obama that would require baby-changing stations in all bathrooms in federal buildings that are open to the public.

A federal court is set to hear a case this month that could restructure safety regulations at the Department of Energy's Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington state.

The senior career science official for the third-largest federal sponsor of basic research in the United States is retiring after shifting administration policies and spearheading several multimillion-dollar programs.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is sitting down today to talk about climate change and sustainability with comedian and actress Chelsea Handler in Los Angeles.

People are traveling near and far to witness the conspiracy trial of seven defendants in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

A Massachusetts court is set to hear arguments this week in a defamation case against two women who blasted an analyst firm in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Kenya is an exception to a continent widely affected by elephant and rhino poaching, which may be thanks to sniffer dogs trained to find ivory and U.S. military technology that traces militants.

A federal judge is ruffling feathers with a new proposal to save endangered salmon: removing four dams on the Lower Snake River.

Hurricane Matthew is careening toward Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba with winds clocking up to 130 miles per hour.

The caribou, America's version of reindeer, is one of the most endangered species in the continental United States.

A Northern California town may lose access to a nearby spring that has served as a significant resource for residents during times of prolonged drought.

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