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Four Alaskan men who shot several walruses without keeping the meat, starting stampedes that killed two dozen more animals, have been sentenced to probation, restitution and community service.

A Seattle-based seafood company will pay $1.3 million in fines and undertake other remedies to make up for employees' decision to turn off generator emission controls at an Alaska processing plant, under a tentative settlement with federal regulators announced late yesterday.

U.S. EPA asked an appeals court yesterday to pause litigation over emission curbs for large trucks so it can review the industry request for rule changes.

A radical shift is taking place in the Atlantic salmon farming industry.

The 2017 hurricane season looks like it will be close to normal, likely with fewer named storms than last year, according to most forecasters.

An Alaska utility canceled its study of a proposed hydroelectric dam yesterday after public opposition rose up in meetings this week.

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will introduce legislation aimed at motivating individuals and businesses to use renewable energy, she told reporters yesterday.

Volcano scientist Jess Phoenix announced a bid for Congress this week, part of a new trend of scientists entering politics.

Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is toying with the idea of moving federal agencies outside Washington.

Lawrence Hogan Sr., a fiery former lawmaker from Maryland who was the first Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee to call for President Nixon's impeachment, died yesterday at age 88.

Nearly 10 percent of scientists at the Agriculture Department say their research has been tampered with or altered by superiors "for reasons other than technical merit," according to a recent survey by the agency's inspector general.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration has not reached out to California to negotiate vehicle emissions standards, a top state official said yesterday, though she did not rule out the possibility of such talks taking place.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry could intervene should a group of Southern utilities default on $8.3 billion worth of federal loan guarantees underpinning the construction of new reactors in Georgia, according to a new report.

The Department of Energy said today it is "applying good governance principles" in response to a report that it is already starting to withhold funds for a major research program targeted for elimination by President Trump.

The Trump administration has removed language on the Department of Energy website that emphasized wind as an emissions-free replacement for fossil fuels.

The Interior Department has only partially thawed the hiring freeze imposed by President Trump.

Earl Devaney has a way with words.

Companies and lawmakers have been wondering what's taking the White House so long to fill three vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Bureau of Land Management has given preliminary approval for a transmission line and water pipeline across federal lands needed to operate a hydroelectric project in the Southern California desert that is strongly opposed by some conservation groups.

SILVERTON, Colo. — After nearly 30 years of negotiations with U.S. EPA -- and then a 3-million-gallon gush of arsenic-laden sludge into a tributary of the Animas River -- San Juan County officials finally agreed last year to seek Superfund status for an area laden with former mines. But residents here worry their community has gained a stigma without getting the cleanup money they need.

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