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The Sierra Club is again suing U.S. EPA to force a decision on an administrative challenge to the permit for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant.

A conservation program popular with farm and environmental groups may be losing some of its focus on environmental improvement, a government report says.

The hydraulic fracturing boom led to a baby boomlet, according to a new study.

TransCanada Corp. is assessing whether U.S. oil producers are still interested in using the company's planned Keystone XL pipeline now that the companies have other options including the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, which is set to be fully operational next month.

A tunnel collapse at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation last week made international news, but in the town of Richland, Wash., locals reacted with interest for only about an hour.

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye said yesterday that a deal would be finalized this week to keep the Navajo Generating Station open at least until 2020.

FirstEnergy Corp.'s shareholders today voted down a request for a study to align the utility's business operations with the Paris climate agreement, a pact the Trump administration is currently considering leaving.

An investigation found that Nevada detention center officials did not criminally mistreat Ammon Bundy after he was disciplined for disobeying instructions.

A pesticide maker is downplaying past scientific assessments by U.S. EPA linking chlorpyrifos to health risks, saying they weren't final agency conclusions and were part of the deliberative process.

The Trump administration, along with industry and state foes of former President Obama's climate agenda, yesterday asked a federal court to indefinitely pause litigation over a rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants.

Scientists found a disturbing number of female desert tortoises dead outside Joshua Tree National Park earlier this year.

Mexico will use three trained dolphins to help locate rare vaquita porpoises in an attempt to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.

A tiny, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean is now home to almost 38 million pieces of trash, according to researchers.

A 4-year-old deal between the state of Louisiana and RAM Terminals LLC, a coal company, is hindering the state's massive coastal restoration program.

The American Bird Conservancy, the nation's leading bird advocacy and protection group, has named a new president who will take over when the founder and current president, George Fenwick, steps down at the end of the month.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced a number of internal promotions and new hires this morning.

Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) are expected to introduce legislation today to repeal the Congressional Review Act.

OPEC might no longer control the oil markets because of increased American shale production, said Secretary of Energy Rick Perry at a news conference in Houston yesterday.

Members of the House and Senate caucuses of color received among the highest scores overall from the League of Conservation Voters on environmental votes during the 114th Congress, according to a new analysis.

A front-runner has emerged in President Trump's search for the next National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head.

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