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Emergency officials are investigating a hazardous material spill at Tesla Inc.'s Gigafactory battery plant in Nevada that occurred yesterday.

Design flaws, construction shortcomings and maintenance errors are to blame for the spillway collapse at Oroville Dam earlier this year, according to an independent analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.

Stillwater Mining Co. announced yesterday that federal regulators approved its $2.2 billion acquisition by Sibanye Gold Ltd., a South African firm.

Public pressure is forcing fast-food companies to remove antibiotics from their food.

A California artist and writer, alarmed by the Trump administration's rejection of climate change science, has updated a series of posters showcasing the country's national parks, predicting a grim future.

As drought, overuse and climate change threaten the Colorado River, pastors whose areas rely on it have started to preach about its importance and urge their congregations to take action.

Climate change is often a non-starter for the Republican Party, but that may change as a generation of young conservatives increasingly consider global warming a vital issue.

The White House this morning delayed a discussion that had been set for today on the fate of U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement, even as fossil fuel industry executives made their final pitches to the Trump administration on the issue.

Fourteen states led by West Virginia are defending President Trump's executive order requiring federal agencies to scrap two regulations for every new one created.

Emergency workers are searching for a teenager and his step-grandmother who were swept away as they tried to cross a creek in Grand Canyon National Park this weekend.

The Isle Royale National Park moose population has ballooned as the island's wolf pack is down to two.

Nearly half the world's natural heritage sites are threatened by wildlife criminals, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund.

The water storage proposal for south of Lake Okeechobee in Florida got a breakthrough endorsement from Gov. Rick Scott (R) yesterday.

Land managers across the West must fundamentally change the way they address wildfires as the climate warms and the risk of blazes increases, according to a new study that argues against the Trump administration's calls for more logging to reduce fuel loads.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today rejected requests to protect a Southeast bear species and increase protections for a tortoise in the Southwest.

The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn more than 27,000 acres near Rocky Mountain National Park from a June oil and gas lease sale, drawing concern from the industry but cheers from environmentalists fighting the Trump administration's emphasis on increased fossil fuel development.

Tellurian Investments, a new Texas-based liquefied natural gas company, has tapped a K Street lobbying firm to tackle export policies on Capitol Hill.