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The Arctic is stable now, but U.S. military risks will grow if the White House and Congress aren't wary, security experts warned at a Washington forum yesterday.

A judge in Nevada has limited the scope of testimony that can be given as the trial of six men accused of conspiring against federal agents in 2014 continues this week.

Federal appeals judges today reversed a lower-court decision finding that an electricity generator couldn't recover certain costs associated with connecting two solar plants to the grid.

A split federal appeals court yesterday refused to revive North Carolina's claim that it owns a stretch of riverbed where a company has constructed and operated four hydroelectric dams.

California wildlife regulators have cut the dive season for red abalone by two months and reduced the amount that divers can catch.

Scientists in Massachusetts have come to the same conclusion the federal government did years ago: The cod population in the state is at a historic low.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has reopened with new security measures in place.

A federal judge in Nevada has determined the Obama administration did not give Nevada residents time to review and comment on a controversial proposal to withdraw critical greater sage grouse habitat from new mining claims, a decision that opponents of the federal plans say is a major victory for their side.

Conservation groups are raising concerns about recent comments by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that suggest he may be open to increasing logging and grazing in national parks.

Efforts to ban certain pesticides have hit a wall with the Trump administration, so groups opposed to their use are weighing other battle plans.

A recently retired U.S. EPA scientist told Administrator Scott Pruitt last month that he's "becoming increasingly alarmed" about the Trump administration's direction on environmental policy and employee morale.

U.S. Park Police Officer Robert Marcoux can't finish a story without being interrupted by his partner, a towering 17-year-old Irish sport horse named Tonto.

Federalism has been U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's refrain since his Senate confirmation hearing.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has tapped conservative attorney and Clean Power Plan foe Samantha Dravis to lead a task force for cutting red tape.

Former Obama administration environmental staffers are preparing for combat against the officials in their former jobs.

A bill in the Texas House Public Education Committee would require the state's 1,200 school districts and charter schools to pay for annual water testing.

An Arizona lawyer who helped negotiate the largest tribal water agreement in U.S. history has become the first Native American to take a seat on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District's board.