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A federal appeals court will not reconsider a split decision to reinstate U.S. EPA's controversial "water transfers" rule.

Conservationists are asking the U.S. government to list giraffes as endangered in an effort to combat the "silent extinction" of the tall mammals.

An industry study suggests mining is more economically valuable than tourism in northeastern Minnesota.

Trees in Southern California are dying so fast that the region could look, feel, sound and smell different in just a few years.

Big crowds at Yellowstone and Glacier national parks in Montana are causing problems for park managers, who find themselves dealing with the sorts of emergency situations found in cities with full police departments.

An unnamed company operating federal mineral leases in Wyoming was the victim of crude oil theft, according to a new disclosure from the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General.

The National Park Service kicked off a new partnership with BMW today, unveiling an electric-vehicle charging station in Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R) is encouraging his constituents to share stories of how U.S. EPA's "overbearing regulations" have negatively affected their personal lives or businesses, vowing to incorporate the responses in his efforts to reform the environmental agency.

A small bloc of House Republicans is urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today asked for an independent review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's dam safety program in light of the recent failure of a spillway at the nation's tallest dam in Northern California.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is again under fire for his ties to the Republican Attorneys General Association, a group focused on a free-market approach to governing that Pruitt formerly chaired.

Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry was preaching to the choir today when he hailed "the end of the war on coal."

U.S. EPA says it is not planning to outsource drafting of a regulation to replace the Obama administration's controversial Clean Water Rule.

The race to fill Georgia's open 6th District House seat got tougher for Democrat John Ossoff after he barely missed victory in yesterday's special election.

A thousand coal workers have joined the workforce since President Trump was elected president, and 300 since the real estate mogul was sworn into office.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said today that he would not run for re-election.

It was only last month that U.S. EPA attorneys gave a full-throated defense of the agency's handling of cost considerations in deciding to regulate emissions of mercury and other toxins from coal-fired power plants.

The Trump administration announced it will reconsider Clean Air Act regulations that directly limit emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

U.S. EPA will begin offering early retirement and buyout packages to its staff to comply with President Trump's order to reduce the federal workforce.

Travis Fisher, a political appointee at the Department of Energy, will lead a high-profile study that Energy Secretary Rick Perry ordered this week on what role environmental policies are playing in recent coal and nuclear plant closures, according to multiple sources.

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