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The protests surrounding the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline center on clean water and sacred tribal lands.

The Department of Transportation is hoping to establish designated "proving grounds" for testing autonomous cars.

Argonne National Laboratory Director Peter Littlewood is stepping down to return to teaching and research at the University of Chicago, lab officials said this morning.

A company being investigated for the largest oil spill in North Dakota's history has announced plans to construct a 3.2-mile extension to connect to the embattled Dakota Access pipeline.

A Houston company will break ground next year on the biggest new oil refinery in the country in almost 40 years.

A fire erupted at an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery in Baton Rouge, La., yesterday, injuring at least four workers.

U.S. EPA today said it will require an additional 200 million gallons of ethanol to be mixed into the nation's fuel supply next year, raising the level from its proposal earlier this year that drew criticism from renewable fuel advocates.

Scientists today use a global array of floats to monitor ocean temperatures, but they also still rely on older tools called expendable bathythermographs, or XBTs.

Elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the Pacific Ocean, connected to human activity, are causing sea snail shells to dissolve, according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A federal judge sided with U.S. EPA this week in a lawsuit claiming the agency abdicated its duty to protect bees from an insecticide linked to pollinator deaths.

The Forest Service renamed one of its roads to honor an officer killed by a grizzly bear near Glacier National Park.

A new study suggests many plants and animals will be unable to adapt to the rapid weather and temperature changes brought on by global warming.

The United States could be in for a cold winter, according to one Massachusetts Institute of Technology climatologist's "Siberian snow theory."

North Dakota Republicans Sen. John Hoeven, Rep. Kevin Cramer and Gov. Jack Dalrymple criticized President Obama today for his "inaction" on the Dakota Access pipeline and called for immediate approval of the contentious oil project.

In an effort to crack down on "politicized science," President-elect Donald Trump aims to eliminate the climate change research done by NASA, according to a senior adviser.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to fix crumbling U.S. highways, bridges and water systems, but few see his plans going far enough.

As President-elect Donald Trump continues to deliberate over Cabinet positions, chemistry and a shared vision will be among his top considerations, a Trump spokesman said today.

President-elect Donald Trump and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) spent a 40-minute interview Monday discussing the governor's experience with the state's economy, oil and gas industry, and tribes, while Trump and incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus considered her as head of the Interior Department.

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, where climate change is a top priority.

In recent years, Donald Trump adviser Peter Thiel questioned whether the Earth was getting warmer, outlined a nuclear plan to solve climate change, invested in renewable companies and called clean tech a "disaster."

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