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A federal appeals court Friday upheld Virginia's long-standing ban on uranium mining in litigation from a company hoping to develop a deposit there.

The long-awaited reburial of the 8,400-year-old Kennewick Man was completed over the weekend by over 200 members for the five Columbia Plateau tribes and bands.

Alaska's battle over a slice of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge dates back to the 1960s, when a Fairbanks pilot and oil and gas lease investor spotted a discrepancy from the air.

Officials in the coastal restoration community were shocked to learn it would take at least 2 ½ years to get the federal permits for a sediment diversion. Many were expecting it to take double that amount of time.

Graffiti showed up on the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial over the Presidents Day weekend, written in permanent marker that could take the National Park Service weeks to remove.

Rural counties with a higher share of federal lands in the West enjoy greater economic benefits than areas with less federal lands, according to a new study that challenges arguments that public lands kill economic opportunity and job creation.

The Hawaii congressional delegation is pushing the Navy and U.S. EPA to follow through on upgrading a critical military fuel storage facility on Oahu that was the site of a 27,000-gallon jet fuel leak in 2014.

President Trump's removal of the Energy secretary from a national security panel has sparked pushback on Capitol Hill.

The Senate Agriculture Committee hasn't scheduled a confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee for Agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, and Chairman Pat Roberts said the delay isn't the committee's fault.

President Trump's pledge to trim federal regulations may help ethanol advocates push for fuel containing more of the alternative biofuel, a major industry booster said today.

Earth & Water Group is expanding its business.

Two top energy aides have started work at the White House as the Trump administration is expected to double down on its efforts to repeal Obama-era environmental policies.

A few Senate Democrats are reaching across the aisle and looking for compromise on reforming the way federal agencies issue and review regulations.

When hunting near the U.S.-Mexico border, Garrett VeneKlasen typically keeps a lookout for a type of whitetail called the Coues deer.

A growing chorus of industry executives is warning that squeezing the Department of Energy's finances could stall a push to modernize the nation's sprawling electric grid and nuclear fleet.

In his first speech to U.S. EPA staffers since his swearing in as administrator last Friday, Scott Pruitt stressed his respect today for the agency's career employees, hinted broadly at big changes ahead and made a plea for "civility." He said, "We ought to be able to get together and wrestle through some very difficult issues and do so in a civil manner."

Vietnam named 11 officials yesterday who were responsible for a massive pollution event in April 2016 that killed more than 100 metric tons of fish.

Texas officials are hoping for a "hog apocalypse" after approving the use of a pesticide aimed at paring down the state's large population of wild pigs.

Record-breaking flooding worsened in San Jose, Calif., yesterday when hundreds of residents were forced to flee as water continued to spill over the banks of Santa Clara County's longest creek and flooded apartment buildings and mobile homes.

Two former Bay Area air quality regulators say district officials destroyed records showing polluters were let off the hook for fines.

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