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The House's top watchdog wants to push federal agencies including the Interior Department and U.S. EPA out of Washington and into the states.

The Obama administration locked in tighter fuel economy standards today for cars, minivans, SUVs and pickup trucks — finalizing the decision 14 months ahead of schedule and a week before the inauguration of Donald Trump.

More than 70 percent of Japan's largest coral reef has died and 90 percent is bleached, according to a new survey released by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

Beijing's 2017 air quality goal is more than twice the World Health Organization standard, according to an announcement by the city's mayor Saturday.

The founders of outdoor gear giants Black Diamond and Patagonia denounced Utah state officials last week for supporting the sale of public land.

Wisconsin's Public Service Commission has become the second state agency to ax language on climate change from its website, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has discovered.

The ecosystem in the Watts Bar area of Tennessee that was affected by a 2008 coal ash spill has fully recovered to its pre-spill state, according to U.S. EPA.

Hundreds of workers in a Grenada, Miss., manufacturing facility are likely inhaling toxic air during the workday, according to a study released by U.S. EPA.

U.S. EPA has officially faulted 15 states and the District of Columbia for failing to turn in complete plans for meeting the 2008 ozone air quality standard.

At a recent demonstration at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base in California, a Marine recharged his radio's batteries simply by walking, and other troops examined a rocket artillery system and drone powered by the sun.

A top scientist and curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington has resigned from the Smithsonian Institution after an acrid dispute with administrators.

Britain's Prince Charles has co-authored a book on the challenges and possible solutions to climate change.

Officials have incarcerated over 100 individuals for fraudulent oil spill claims against BP PLC, the energy giant whose 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico ranks as the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

A Grand Rapids, Minn., man pleaded guilty last week to the theft of thousands of treetops from black spruce in the Chippewa National Forest.

A Chilean chemical and mining company reached a $30 million settlement to resolve claims it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by making illegal payments to local politicians, U.S. regulators said last week.

U.S. EPA has renewed its call for a federal appellate court to permit the voluntary remand of the disputed portion of regional haze regulations for Texas and Oklahoma.

Alaska is challenging federal rules that limit the hunting of wolves, bears and other predators on public lands, filing a lawsuit Friday that accuses the Obama administration of impairing the state's ability to manage wildlife resources.