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Today is David Kreutzer's last day at U.S. EPA.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer loves "Portlandia," the parody of his hometown that skewers hipster Pacific Northwest culture with sketches featuring raw vegan restaurants, feminist bookstores and allergy pride parades.

Officials have closed a portion of Interstate 85 in Atlanta indefinitely after it collapsed in a fire last night, and are urging people to use public transit.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The water flowing beneath the surface of the earth is getting more attention in federal courts.

In his first interview since become acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, Mike Nedd said he's been tasked with redirecting the massive agency to ramp up drilling and mining.

An estimated 254 people are dead after flooding and mudslides destroyed the Colombian city of Mocoa on Saturday morning.

Economic damage from a 2015 Colorado mine waste spill is less than originally estimated.

California's Torrance Refining Co. should stop using a hazardous chemical after the facility's repeated fires and explosions in recent years, according to elected officials and activists.

Air pollution from coal-fired power plants can travel miles away, into affluent communities, carrying with it effects on birth weight, new research found.

U.S. EPA's inspector general will look into the agency's action to protect children from asbestos exposure in schools, said a Friday memo.

The shift from nuclear power generation to fossil fuel increases pollution and decreases the average birth weight of infants, according to new research.

Peabody Energy Corp. has hired a carbon capture expert as President Trump continues promising growth in "clean coal."

Nobel Prize winner Alexei Abrikosov died last week at the age of 88.

Protests of the Trans-Pecos pipeline are fading, according to organizers who say the project is almost complete.

In states that have legalized marijuana, power suppliers expected an energy demand boost from the massive hydroponic growing systems.

Federal authorities have arrested a California blogger accused of outing confidential government informants from last winter's standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Exterior lighting at an Air Force facility in Hawaii will be reduced to help protect the endangered and threatened seabirds in the area.

Grizzly bears are increasing their range across the United States as federal agencies try to shift management of the species to the states.

Alaska officials reported a leak from an underwater oil pipeline this weekend in an area inhabited by the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale.

The Trump administration today released its final rule to protect dusky sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, including new awareness training for fishermen and release and relocation protocols.

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