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A miners' strike has halted operations at the Lucky Friday mine in Idaho's Silver Valley.

Four environmental groups yesterday asked a court to let them join the state of California in defending endangered species protections for gray wolves.

President Trump has picked a prominent oil and gas lobbyist to lead congressional relations at the Treasury Department.

An advocacy group launched a campaign today targeting members of Congress who it says are "anti-science."

Former Vice President Al Gore expressed hope yesterday that "there is a realistic chance" President Trump will decide the costs of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement would far outweigh any "benefits."

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is likely insulated from President Trump's executive order for federal agencies to cut two regulations for every new rule, Chairwoman Kristine Svinicki said today.

U.S. EPA will have three years to conduct overdue reviews of the adequacy of emissions standards for 20 different sources, a federal judge ordered this week in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups.

The state of Texas is suing the Trump administration — including former governor and current Energy Secretary Rick Perry — for flouting a federal law that designates Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the nation's sole nuclear waste repository.

The Republican climate resolution that jump-started a conversation on global warming ahead of Pope Francis' 2015 visit to Capitol Hill is back.

Automakers are suing U.S. EPA to throw out an Obama administration decision to lock in vehicle emission rules through 2025, opening a door for weaker standards.

Kristine Tompkins, who with her late husband ran the clothing companies Patagonia Inc., the North Face and Esprit, is donating 1 million of the acres in Chile the couple worked to conserve to expand the country's national parkland.

The third largest river in New Zealand has been granted the same rights as a human being after a local Maori tribe fought for its recognition for 140 years.

Two Democrat-backed bills in the Texas Legislature would give local government more control over oil and gas development, particularly near schools.

Just two months after the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission narrowly voted to allow gillnets in the Columbia River in the summer and fall seasons, the state's governor is asking the panel to reconsider.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is concerned that forest fires in his state may increase under the Trump administration.

A new tool has for the first time charted where vast reserves of invaluable minerals may lie beneath the far reaches of Alaska.

Climate change is helping illnesses and diseases like heatstroke, asthma and Zika virus spread and become more common, the new Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health said yesterday.

Thousands of safer rail cars are sitting idle as ethanol shippers continue to use cars that were deemed unsafe to carry oil following a 2013 Quebec derailment that killed 47 people.

Raw sewage is spilling into Puget Sound in Washington, and there has been relatively little public outcry or action from environmental groups.

Critics of the Paris climate deal released an analysis this morning arguing that it would cost the United States hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs without much gain.

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