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Officials in New Mexico have greenlighted the reopening of the country's only permanent nuclear waste disposal pit after inspectors found the facility safe.

A water district is suing Yellowstone National Park over claims that officials are dragging their feet to fix an arsenic infiltration in the district's sewage treatment system.

Federal appellate judges sent parts of federal emission standards for industrial boilers back to U.S. EPA today, reversing a previous decision to completely toss out elements of the regulations.

A recently discovered liquid iron "jet stream" circling the Earth's outer core appears to be picking up speed.

A mining company said U.S. EPA has issued a permit allowing it to build and operate a small-scale test project at the Florence, Ariz., site of a proposed copper mine.

The Obama administration today unveiled changes to the way it strikes agreements with landowners to help prevent declining wildlife populations from being added to the endangered or threatened species lists.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today rolled out rules that will dictate how land developers can pay for damage to protected species or their habitats.

The Obama administration has finalized a regional mitigation strategy under development for several years that's meant to reduce impacts of development activity on millions of acres of public lands across the West.

Michael Brune thinks Democrats should nominate Oprah for president in 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team petitioned the State Department this week for details of gender equality programs, leading many federal employees to fret that Trump will ax a pivotal platform established by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Utah state Rep. Mike Noel (R) is pulling out all the stops to become President-elect Donald Trump's Bureau of Land Management director.

A top Senate Democrat is pressing federal officials to ensure that President-elect Donald Trump's nominees comply with government ethics standards.

One of the Obama administration's chief agitators is looking forward to mounting fewer court offensives under President-elect Donald Trump.

Sen. Rand Paul took aim at a series of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees on Twitter today, including his pick for Energy secretary, Rick Perry.

National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, who has led the century-old agency for nearly the entirety of the Obama administration, announced his retirement today.

The newest potential pick for Agriculture secretary in the Trump administration built a career on using technology to make food safer — and proved appealing to Barack Obama's team in 2008, as well.

In the wake of a tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., in 2013, state Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) warned Oklahomans about a fundraising campaign by "national animal welfare organizations."

U.S. EPA has given the Trump team a report detailing the status of major Obama administration policies, which could become a playbook for the incoming administration vowing to scrap many of those rules.

China will aim to cut the capacity of its coal mines by 300 million tons a year until 2020, according to the country's National Development and Reform Commission.

Burundi's environment minister was shot and killed outside his home Saturday.

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