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President-elect Donald Trump announced today that his vice president-elect, Mike Pence, will take over as the head of his transition operation.

Climate scientist Michael Mann thinks a Donald Trump administration might be "game over" for climate change.

U.S. EPA employees were in tears. Worried Energy Department staffers were offered counseling. Some federal employees were so depressed, they took time off. Others might retire early. And some employees are in downright panic mode in the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory.

Congress was never keen on passing the 1967 anti-nepotism law that still stands today, barring lawmakers, public officials and the president from appointing or employing their relatives.

President-elect Donald Trump's vows to single-handedly gut Obama administration environmental regulations will be more difficult than he has portrayed, legal experts say.

Rapid urbanization in Kenya has created a growing movement of urban livestock herders.

The World Bank ignored its own guidelines and contributed to the "real and often severe harm" of hundreds of Kosovans who were evicted for the sake of a coal mine, a leaked report shows.

Two people were killed when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the east coast of New Zealand's South Island early today.

Foreign ministers in the European Union promised to work with a new U.S. administration but said the bloc will stand by its foreign policy positions on issues like the Iranian nuclear deal and climate change.

Deconstructing and sorting electronic waste, or e-waste, is a dangerous job.

Potentially dangerous chemicals leaking from a former Air Force base in Oscoda, Mich., might be found in more groundwater than previously thought.

Farmers and investors in Alaska are hoping to tap into a new market: kelp.

Self-driving cars have the potential to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, but big gains are possible only if autonomous vehicles are electric.

Lake Cachuma, a giant reservoir in California's Santa Barbara County, reached an all-time low this summer, and a dry winter could mean it will be unusable next year.

Images of oil-covered birds and beaches after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill had a strong effect on Taylor Barton, and she proceeded to write a children's book and accompanying musical about the disaster. Although no publishers took the story, she saved the manuscript, and after the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010, she revised the work.

Falling solar prices in Florida may lead to a renewable energy boom in the state, much to the chagrin of utility giants.

The biggest industrial waste site in Vermont has been purchased, despite the estimated $1.24 billion cleanup cost.

Major international banks are failing to follow through on their climate promises when it comes to curbing coal financing, according to anti-coal watchdog groups.

The Sierra Club is challenging U.S. EPA's approval of parts of Texas' blueprint for meeting the 2008 ambient air pollution standard for ozone and the 2010 benchmark for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

A satellite tracking project this year has led to revelations for bird experts as they watched three cuckoos make a several-thousand-mile migration from Asia to Africa.

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