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The Obama administration's controversial Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule was already on life support before the election.

Along with gutting Obama administration regulations, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to be friendlier to regulated entities when it comes to enforcing existing environmental rules, former U.S. EPA and Department of Justice officials predict.

The rumor mill is churning as energy and environment insiders speculate about who might get top jobs in the Trump administration. Unlike anyone else previously elected president, Donald Trump isn't coming into office with a cadre of longtime political allies, making it more difficult to predict his picks for prominent posts.

The Chinese government demanded Tuesday that more than 1,500 officials explain large-scale environmental mismanagement across three provinces after investigations revealed lackluster pollution control efforts.

U.S. EPA yesterday proposed adding a class of toxins to its Toxics Release Inventory, a database that provides information on pollution discharges for the general public.

U.S. EPA announced yesterday a $5.6 million cleanup for a Superfund site in Newfield, N.J., in a move environmental groups slammed as a "sell-out."

Maryland has become the latest East Coast state to press for a federal crackdown on upwind emissions blamed for ozone problems within its borders.

U.S. EPA is setting a Jan. 17 deadline for public comment on a proposed strategy for implementing the more stringent 70-parts-per-billion ozone standard put in place late last year.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., will learn today if his company's shareholders are willing to merge with SolarCity Corp. after much debate on the merits of the deal.

Officials in New York state are prepared to approve the sale of an upstate nuclear power plant as part of the government's promise to invest in nuclear while simultaneously boosting renewable power.

An Alaska Airlines flight this week that used jet fuel partly made from wood scraps has some in the industry dreaming about a renewable fuel future, but barriers remain to making that a reality.

Four years ago, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that global warming is a Chinese "hoax" aimed to sabotage U.S. manufacturing.

A consortium of academic and research institutions announced the formation today of an international network to keep information on climate science flowing to decisionmakers in spite of President-elect Donald Trump's plans to reshape U.S. global warming policies.

Developers of the proposed Mountain Valley pipeline project must obtain permission from landowners before surveying private land, according to a Tuesday ruling by the West Virginia Supreme Court.

Oregon federal prosecutors indicated yesterday that they intend to proceed with the second trial for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff last winter despite last month's surprise acquittal of the occupation's leaders.

The federal government plans to appease the growing consumer demand for scallops by increasing the allowed catch for fishermen beginning next year.

The man who dissolved in a super-heated Yellowstone hot spring in June was attempting to take a bath, according to documents obtained by a Montana TV station.