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U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt has been on the job only a little over a month, but rumors about his political plans are already swirling.

President Trump announced federal approval for the Keystone XL oil pipeline this morning and signaled he will push Nebraska to grant the last permit TransCanada Corp. needs to finish the deeply controversial project to connect Canadian oil sands crude with Gulf Coast refineries.

A little-known consortium of sportsmen's groups is poised to wield considerable influence in the Interior Department in the coming years.

A former Salem, Ore., battery manufacturing plant that was redeveloped into commercial space was closed Friday after test results showed extraordinarily high lead levels in the building.

For years, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been buying houses, now totaling eight homes, in San Francisco's Marina District to remove chemical contamination lurking in the backyards.

Mexican farmers find themselves asking for President Trump's help over a water dispute.

U.S. EPA ended its subsidies to Flint, Mich., after testing showed that over 90 percent of Flint drinking water samples are below the lead action level.

Millions of gallons of sewage and runoff have polluted Puget Sound in Washington state since a massive treatment plant suffered equipment failures last month.

U.S. EPA has rescheduled a public hearing and again extended the deadline for comments on its proposed denial of a bid by nine Northeastern states to dramatically expand the size of the Ozone Transport Region.

E.U. antitrust regulators granted approval today to Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont for their $130 billion merger, a move that could redraw the agrochemicals industry.

The Blackstone Group LP has sold its stake in SeaWorld.

Former U.S. EPA officials are starting an industry forum on how to best comply with environmental and safety regulations.

Hilcorp Alaska will temporarily shut down oil production at two Cook Inlet platforms to combat a leaking natural gas pipeline.

For the small, mostly rural towns that house the United States' 61 nuclear power plants, the facilities have been a golden goose bringing high-paying jobs and money for public works.

Aquarium fish usually found in pet shops are spreading as invasive species in Florida, reproducing quickly and eating food usually consumed by native freshwater fish.

Researchers cannot figure out what is causing a spike in mercury levels in the fish of the Great Lakes.

Beluga whales, already considered "near threatened," are facing a new danger from global warming, according to researchers.

Salmon farmers often use wrasse, a small fish, in the enclosures of their fish farms as mini maintenance crews.

A spike in shark populations, brought on by successful conservation efforts in the United States and Australia, has forced governments to invest in shark control technologies as experts predict a rise in attacks.

The Pacific sardine population has plateaued at record-low numbers, according to a new federal estimate that signals a fishing moratorium for the third year in a row.

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