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U.S. EPA said yesterday that it has reached a new agreement with DuPont in relation to drinking water polluted by the chemical C8 from the company's manufacturing plant on the border of Ohio and West Virginia.

Pollution from an Idaho phosphate mine has only increased in the years since researchers discovered a two-headed fish downstream, according to new analysis by consultants for environmental groups.

The Department of Defense and U.S. EPA today took a step forward in regulating water-polluting discharges from military ships.

U.S. EPA is proceeding with a federal framework for implementing incinerator emissions guidelines in states that don't put together plans of their own.

Car part suppliers are vying for major roles as the production of self-driving cars continues to amp up.

Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens suffered a mini-stroke last month and is recovering.

The United States and Cuba pushed through a pact yesterday to prevent, contain and clean oil and other toxic spills in the Gulf of Mexico, rushing the deal before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The National Intelligence Council highlighted the impact of climate change on global security and stability in a report released yesterday.

Scientific opinions on lightning are continually changing as technology has evolved to study it.

Storms in California caused the Merced River to flood Yosemite Valley over the weekend, and a rockfall blocked one entrance to Yosemite National Park.

Several speakers said today's addition of the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, N.Y., to the national park system comes at a moment when her inspirational story is especially needed.

President Obama won't be declaring a national monument on either side of the Grand Canyon National Park as conservationists wanted, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced last week.

More water may already be flowing to California farms and businesses as a result of the water bill signed by President Obama last month.

President-elect Donald Trump is slated to meet today with a vocal climate change activist as well as top officials from a coal company.

Rep. Rick Crawford this week introduced legislation that could allow the killing of a migratory bird that feasts at aquaculture farms.

The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee is calling on his caucus to stop House Republican leaders from slashing two Obama-era environmental standards.

Environmental advocates elevated their efforts to stymie President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of State on the eve of former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson's confirmation hearing.

A watchdog group is calling on Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. EPA administrator, to toughen up the agency's enforcement of anti-pollution laws.

The Obama administration has determined that a bumblebee once found throughout the eastern United States and Upper Midwest is on the brink of extinction and needs federal protection to save it from a host of threats, including the use of pesticides and climate change.

The Obama administration is finalizing a controversial if under-the-radar rule tackling the climate change impact of transportation projects days before the end of the administration.

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