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The Massachusetts fishing tycoon known as "The Codfather" is expected to plead guilty this week to federal charges of evading fishing quotas and smuggling money to Portugal.

Across the country, cases are being brought against glyphosate, which individuals say is a carcinogen and linked to cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Top Florida Republicans, including Gov. Rick Scott (R), may complain about government spending, but the state has spent over $237 million on private lawyers to defend and advance political agendas, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Prosecutors in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff case were in constant communication with Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., during the standoff and prosecution.

Maine's booming lobster industry is having big issues with a little fish.

More than 87,000 alligators were hunted between 2000 and 2015, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which oversees two hunting programs.

As a byproduct of the tragic disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014, scientists have been able to gain access to data covering over 100,000 square miles of seafloor.

About 500 mallard ducks spend their winters in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, unlike most of the state's 500,000 mallards, which fly south months earlier.

Almost 331 million people visited national parks last year, breaking records at the National Park Service for the third year in a row.

The head of the American Meteorological Society issued the latest rebuke today to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's statement that he does not believe carbon dioxide is a major cause of global warming.

Coal advocates are pressing President Trump to "level the playing field" for fossil energy research amid rumors of Department of Energy budget cuts.

Ryan Zinke's first visit to his home state of Montana as Interior secretary was cut short by President Trump.

As Capitol Hill prepares to receive President Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal Thursday, lawmakers are increasing pressure on leaders to address spending for the current fiscal year.

U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt has been deluged with phone calls after he disputed human-caused climate change last week.

The Inhofe infantry is becoming a full-fledged army at U.S. EPA.

One of the most widely used conservation programs for farmers is about to face renewed questions.

The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with U.S. EPA for all documents or meetings that influenced Administrator Scott Pruitt's controversial statement to CNBC concerning humans' contribution to climate change.

The deep-pocketed investment firm BlackRock Inc. today announced a series of steps to address the financial risks of climate change, decisions that could send shock waves throughout the private sector.

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — The largest dam-removal project in U.S. history — the breaching of four dams along the Klamath River here — was forged in a long, bitter water war. Slated to begin in 2020, the deal has painted its Republican foes into a corner.

The fight to preserve Lake Baikal in Russia has shifted from battling paper mills belching pollutants to encouraging a drastic lifestyle change for the people who have lived in remote Siberia for generations: switching their toilets.

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