Greenwire

Senate Democrats are blocking hearings for the rest of today as fallout over the surprise White House decision to fire FBI Director James Comey threatens to create legislative gridlock.

An effort to repeal an Obama-era rule to regulate methane waste on public lands barely failed in the Senate today, with three Republicans joining Democrats to defeat the controversial measure that GOP leaders had struggled to pass under the Congressional Review Act.

An armed group ambushed park rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, killing one ranger and briefly taking two conservationists captive.

Volunteers and workers collected 4 tons of garbage from the Chinese north side of Mount Everest in the first five days of an ongoing cleanup operation, according to state media.

Residents of Coos County, Ore., could vote to block the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project in a May ballot initiative.

U.S. EPA announced today that it will delay by a year new regulations on certification and training of pesticide applicators, after state officials said they needed more time to implement them.

As workers filled a hole in a collapsed waste storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington yesterday, the state's governor launched an enforcement action against the federal government.

Founded shortly after Alaska's first big oil discovery, the Anchorage Petroleum Wives Club has been around longer than the Last Frontier has been a state.

Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry promised to fight for nuclear power yesterday during a visit to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

The not-yet-fully operational Dakota Access pipeline has suffered its first leak, spilling 84 gallons of crude oil at a South Dakota pump station.

The Finnish government has released a set of Arctic-themed emojis to complement its chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Allies of Cliven Bundy and his sons have built a fake jail cell outside the Nevada federal prison where 17 defendants are being held for trial in the case of the 2014 standoff with federal agents near the Bundy ranch.

After finishing his yearlong prison term yesterday, former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship immediately took to Twitter to denounce federal prosecutors and regulators and to challenge Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to a debate.

A federal court has agreed to delay oral arguments in an industry lawsuit to give U.S. EPA time to review California's special authority to regulate emissions from diesel equipment like bulldozers.

An environmental group today filed a lawsuit against U.S. EPA over the agency's failure to provide documents relating to Administrator Scott Pruitt's ethical obligations.

Recent flooding caused extensive damage to Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri, prompting large sections of the park to close.

Maryland regulators approved the nation's first large-scale offshore wind projects.

Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage will not run for Senate in 2018 against independent Sen. Angus King.

Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, will take on longtime Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) in New Jersey's 11th District.

The Trump administration is weighing measures to keep the embattled Navajo Generating Station online, but how much that could cost taxpayers or ratepayers predictably depends on who is doing the math.

Latest Images