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The European Commission plans to propose a 10-year extension for its approval of the chemical used in Monsanto Co.'s weed-killer Roundup, according to a spokeswoman.

The Trump administration may have rejected a ban on a controversial pesticide earlier this year, but a bill in New Jersey would get rid of it.

California oil and gas regulators approved new safety rules for refineries five years after a large fire at a Chevron Corp. plant.

Alaska House lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday protecting wolves from trappers in two areas adjacent to Denali National Park and Preserve.

Refilling stations for hydrogen-powered cars are coming to the East Coast this year, opening up driving options that up until now have been possible only in California.

Some cleanup efforts at a nuclear waste landfill in Idaho are on hold while workers investigate a collapse in a dig area that happened last week.

The U.S. EPA inspector general touted its investigative work to dig up fraud and waste in a new report to Congress.

China has extracted gas from methane hydrates, or "flammable ice," under the South China Sea for the first time, and officials there are celebrating it as a major breakthrough.

Liberty Silver Corp., a Canadian mining company, wants to reopen the venerable Bunker Hill mine in Kellogg, Idaho.

Researchers at the United Nations climate conference in Bonn, Germany, are discussing threats to migratory birds from wind turbines, power lines and other sources of renewable energy.

Baby boomers are about to have some sticker shock: Lifetime national park pass prices for senior citizens are increasing from $10 to $80.

The Trump administration will hold an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet despite protests from conservation groups, officials announced yesterday.

A program that awards federal contracts to companies to thin overgrown forests has won praise from timber interests but is leaving localities feeling empty-handed.

The Interior Department is facing a lawsuit from a Christian geologist who claims he was not allowed to collect rocks from Grand Canyon National Park because of his creationist beliefs.

Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.) met with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and new Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue about a late Obama administration decision rejecting a permit to mine application in northern Minnesota.

Democrats slammed a Republican drinking water infrastructure bill for not including enough funding during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing this morning.

West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley introduced a resolution yesterday urging President Trump to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord.

Two senior Democrats are urging the Energy Department to explain delays in millions of dollars for research grants to small businesses.

The National Forest Foundation has promoted its executive vice president, Mary Mitsos, to lead the organization.

Democrat Rob Quist picked up the endorsement yesterday of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund in his bid for Montana's at-large congressional seat. The special election is set for May 25.

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