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A new study found potentially dangerous levels of the synthetic chemical PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyls, in a creek that feeds into the Chattahoochee River in Georgia.

Automakers could miss their fuel economy targets in 2016 and 2017 for the first in more than a decade, according to preliminary data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates the country's infrastructure needs $4.5 trillion in investment over the next decade to get from a D+ grade to a B, according to the group's latest report card.

The nation's electric cooperatives are on track this year to more than quadruple the amount of solar power generating capacity compared to two years ago, said data released this morning.

Todd Stern, former State Department special envoy for climate change, stressed local efforts as a way to keep the Paris Agreement alive amid uncertainty about U.S. involvement.

A Fox News cameraman who unsuccessfully tried to mediate the 2014 Bunkerville, Nev., standoff testified for hours yesterday as prosecutors played some of his hand-held video footage.

The second Oregon standoff trial had closing arguments Tuesday, as prosecutors asked jurors not to overthink a simple case.

A federal appeals court this week refused to revive a lawsuit filed by Wyoming residents who lost their jobs after a 2007 U.S. EPA raid.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit over which court should hear challenges to the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule.

A volcano in Alaska that has been periodically erupting since December 2016 just sent up its biggest ash cloud to date. This was the 36th eruption of the volcano in the last three months.

A newly identified fault line in California is capable of unleashing a powerful earthquake that could impact 20 million people, according to a new study.

A Florida state Senate plan to use $1.2 billion in state funds to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee just expanded to a $3.3 billion bonding program that would fund other water projects around the state.

Conservation groups, local government and business leaders have flooded the Bureau of Land Management with more than 40,000 public comments mostly against a proposal to offer parcels for oil and gas leasing near Zion National Park.

A key senator has introduced a sweeping weather bill that is identical to House-passed legislation, bringing Congress a step closer to beefing up seasonal forecasts and tsunami warnings.

The House's top watchdogs yesterday told dozens of federal agencies, including U.S. EPA, to comply with recordkeeping and transparency laws.

The Trump administration has signaled that nominees to fill out the Interior Department's ranks will soon be announced, Sen. John Barrasso said this morning.

Climate science professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wrote to President Trump this week in an attempt to rebut a letter written to the president by their former colleague, Richard Lindzen.