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A humpback while was stranded on an Australian sandbank until its calf came along and nudged the big mama back into the water.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is launching a status review of the Pacific bluefin tuna, eliciting cheers from conservationists who have long called for better protection of the heavily fished species.

The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has approved the expansion of a Montana strip mine following litigation from environmentalists.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it is removing a Kentucky plant from the threatened species list and proposed listings for four South Florida plants, one of which is found in an area targeted for high-profile developments.

The Interior Department is advancing a long-awaited management plan for the Glen Canyon Dam that calls for continuing an experimental flooding program that has proved successful at restoring sandbars miles downriver in the Grand Canyon.

At least a quarter of federal rangelands don't meet land health standards, according to newly released data from the Interior Department.

Farm groups are calling on U.S. EPA to reject any new restrictions on the herbicide atrazine related to the agency's ongoing registration review.

House Democrats are calling for restricting the subpoena power of committee chairmen.

A coalition of environmental and civil rights advocates is urging Congress to pressure U.S. EPA to investigate whether North Carolina industrial hog farms disproportionately hurt minorities.

President Obama celebrated the Pittsburgh Penguins at the White House yesterday for winning their fourth Stanley Cup, using the National Hockey League team's visit to promote his latest climate change initiative.

The Outdoor Industry Association yesterday endorsed Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's (D) re-election bid, marking the first time the trade group has waded into a state-level contest.

California-based advocacy group Ocean Champions launched its first ads of the 2016 election cycle today, aiming to boost a pair of Democratic nominees in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

A conservative group is launching six-figure radio ad buys in support of Senate Energy and Natural Resource Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), touting the pair's work on clean energy.

Candidates in the open-seat race to succeed retiring Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) sparred last night over whether an expansion of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to include transportation fuels would amount to a carbon tax.

On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has boasted about plans to install half a billion new solar panels by the end of her prospective first term in office as key to tackling climate change and expanding employment opportunities via the renewable energy industry.

Climate activists are pressing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to take a position on the Dakota Access oil pipeline when she debates Republican nominee Donald Trump on Sunday at Washington University in St. Louis.

Hurricane Matthew continues to hug Florida's eastern coastline and move north along the Atlantic coast today, but the weakened system appears unlikely to have created major hurdles for most voters in the Sunshine State a month ahead of Election Day.

Ed Whitfield, a Kentucky Republican who served in Congress for more than 20 years before stepping down last month, launched his political career as a Democrat.

An influx of newcomers and a changing population are priming North Carolina to be an important battleground state for the 2016 presidential election. And while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump duke it out over climate change, on a state level the people of North Carolina are dealing with a massive coal ash cleanup, the death of a significant renewable energy tax credit and the fate of the endangered red wolf.

When nuclear executive Donald Hoffman joined Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's leadership council in March with a bipartisan message about the importance of nuclear, he quickly realized he was the odd man out.

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