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The nation's capital passed legislation this week to halt the spraying of hazardous pesticides near schools, child care facilities and public property.

Almost 22 million pounds of plastics infiltrate the Great Lakes annually, according to a new study.

The Obama administration yesterday announced an easier way for the average citizen to learn about the federal regulatory system: an app.

U.S. EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck and Director for the Caribbean Carmen Guerrero have committed the same crimes in Puerto Rico as officials who were aware of the Flint, Mich., water crisis, claims a citizens' action group.

President-elect Donald Trump may give the United States' most expensive fossil fuel power plant ever built a much-needed financial lifeline.

A federal jury has ordered chemical giant DuPont Co. to pay $2 million to a resident near one of its factories, finding that exposure to a chemical agent from a company plant caused the man's testicular cancer.

Former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley was arraigned yesterday on criminal charges related to the Flint water crisis.

Climate scientist Michael Mann can proceed with defamation claims against two writers who accused him of fraud and misconduct related to his iconic "hockey stick" graph of global warming trends, a panel of three judges on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled today.

Deep-sea mining could someday threaten octopuses, according to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology.

A year after the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a quieter public lands struggle persists in rural Oregon.

Alaska officials are criticizing the Bureau of Land Management for launching an experimental surveying technique as the Obama administration winds down.

The Bureau of Land Management yesterday approved a proposed Colorado coal mine expansion for a second time.

A federal judge issued a ruling yesterday that could make it easier for water rights holders to sue the government for compensation when water deliveries are curtailed to protect endangered species — a critical issue in the drought-stricken West.

A tax provision aimed at encouraging U.S.-made goods might push domestic oil prices up and increase costs at the gas pump, according to energy economists.

Longtime Democratic strategist and campaign manager Mindy Myers will be executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the first woman to hold the post.

A top energy-focused GOP aide on the House Energy and Commerce Committee will stay in that role in the next Congress, while also assuming the top staffer job on another subcommittee that oversees environmental regulations, incoming Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) announced yesterday.

Defenders of fuel economy standards are gearing up to promote research showing the growth of U.S. facilities providing fuel-efficient automotive parts.

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe is strongly objecting to a report on a leasing whistleblower that the U.S. Office of Special Counsel released last week for what the federal investigative agency said was "its broad educational value."

The board of the Solar Energy Industries Association approved Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Abigail Ross Hopper as its next leader, according to sources.

President-elect Donald Trump is "very supportive" of TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday.

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