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Two men tried to smuggle $20,000 worth of empty bottles into California to take advantage of its high return on beverage containers, officials say.

DuPont USA has paid the lawyer overseeing a contamination testing program nearly $15 million in the past 2 ½ years, despite spending only about $860,000 on actual testing.

A top federal judge last week threatened to bar Oregon standoff leader Ammon Bundy's attorney from practicing in the state ever again because of his conduct during Bundy's trial.

Over a million people watched anxiously as April the giraffe finally gave birth this weekend to a baby boy in a New York zoo.

One of Yellowstone National Park's three white wolves has been put down after it was found seriously injured last week.

Scientists have identified a pest that has ravaged thousands of acres of Mississippi River Delta wetlands.

The National Park Service and its official charity today debuted Parks 101, a program highlighting "hidden histories" and less-visited sites.

If Sonny Perdue is confirmed as Agriculture secretary this month, he'll quickly face an elementary question about farming: What's the definition of soil?

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California will host a town hall meeting in San Francisco today in what could be a campaign announcement.

As top Trump administration officials prepare to hash out whether the U.S. should end its participation in the Paris Agreement, greens are gearing up for battle.

Democratic lawmakers are accusing the Trump administration of telling federal agency officials to withhold information they need to prepare for committee hearings, among other duties.

President Trump's budget cuts to U.S. EPA may close the agency's Region 5 office in Chicago, which would merge with the office in Kansas, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times.

President Trump's reversal of his opposition to the Export-Import Bank of the United States could pave the way for the credit financing agency to once again back large overseas nuclear projects, among other energy ventures.

President Trump, in a reversal of policy from the previous administration, has decided not to release his White House's visitor records, sparking concerns from transparency advocates.

Days before billionaire businessman Donald Trump won the presidency, President Obama's Department of Energy laid out time-sensitive policies for tackling climate change, protecting and upgrading the nation's energy system, and managing nuclear waste.

A former Badlands National Park seasonal employee has confessed to setting off a social media storm with a series of unauthorized tweets on climate change.

With most of Washington focused on fights over government funding and Russian meddling, a few aides and advocates are preparing for what could be an epic battle over the Endangered Species Act.