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Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. have pushed back their massive merger again but say the deal is still on track as DuPont moves forward with divesting assets to assuage European regulators.

Workers have finished destroying the site of the famous nuclear accident involving the man later known as the Atomic Man at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state.

The company that controls the Dakota Access pipeline is looking to push even more oil into the line, days after the project carried its first crude.

Accused of stealing self-driving car technology from Google, Uber executive Anthony Levandowski is using his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.

Carlos Rafael, the fishing magnate known as the "Codfather," pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of smuggling and skirting fishing quotas.

Environmental groups have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit that challenges the creation of a marine monument off the coast of New England.

The California Supreme Court yesterday rejected a proposed mega-development near the ocean, a decision with potentially wide implications for coastal projects.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Judge Neil Gorsuch is a "superbly qualified nominee" for the Supreme Court, President Obama's former solicitor general said yesterday.

Park officials are asking people driving in Joshua Tree National Park in California to watch out for wildlife after three desert tortoises were killed in the past week.

El Salvador this week became the first country to ban metal mining.

A sinking ship in Washington's Willapa Bay is leaking oil and has imperiled the significant oyster harvest there.

Iowa farmers, who lead the country in corn production, lately have been turning to a less traditional source of income — bees — to weather a dip in crop prices.

Bill Nye the Science Guy plans to headline the upcoming March for Science in Washington.

It's official: Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) is running for Senate.

President Trump is unlikely to reverse coal's fortunes or stop the growth of renewables and natural gas, according to a new survey of utility officials.

Conservatives who want to bar U.S. EPA from writing any climate regulations got a nod from Administrator Scott Pruitt this week.

Senators have introduced legislation to match a bill in the House to ban the sale of shark fins in the United States.

House Republicans yesterday reintroduced a pair of bipartisan bills to protect show horses and big cats.

GOP leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee want the Government Accountability Office to review the Energy Department's program to clean up contamination from nuclear weapons production.

As of today, the number of Obama-era rules that Republicans can toss under the Congressional Review Act has been capped at fewer than 40, according to the watchdog group Public Citizen.

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