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Denali National Park mountaineering rangers conducted a unique rescue this week when they saved a man who had fallen into a crevasse as narrow as 6 inches at some points.

Gannets are washing up dead on the Cape Cod coast, and scientists do not know why.

Lake Erie's water levels are the highest they've been since 1998 due to recent heavy rain and months of snow melt.

Colorado officials are working to mitigate underground coal fires along the Grand Hogback formation in the northwest part of the state.

Plans by the Trump administration to expand energy production on public lands could affect areas in close proximity to at least seven national parks, according to an analysis released today by the National Parks Conservation Association.

Tanner Ainge became the first candidate to gather the requisite signatures to win a Republican primary slot in the race to fill Rep. Jason Chaffetz's (R-Utah) House seat.

West Virginia's Republican attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, said yesterday that he is "seriously considering" a run for Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's Senate seat in 2018.

A former energy executive today announced his first-ever candidacy for public office, joining the GOP field to challenge Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey in 2018.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 11 energy-related bills this morning with unanimous support. Many of them had already passed the House last Congress.

Nineteen House Democrats and Republicans are urging appropriators to reject a Trump administration budget proposal to slash funding for an Interior research program that studies climate change.

As of yesterday, President Trump has announced nominees for seven — or 15 percent— of the 46 top science posts in the federal government that require Senate confirmation.

President Trump's nominee for FBI director led the George W. Bush administration's investigation of Enron Corp.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) announced yesterday that his state has become the first to enact legislation implementing parts of the Paris climate agreement.

Former President Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden stressed action on global warming while speaking abroad this week.

Utah state Rep. Mike Noel (R), a leading opponent of federal land ownership, said he expects the Interior Department will propose reductions to the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument but won't seek to revoke the site's status outright because of "legal issues."

The Justice Department will no longer require companies to donate to nongovernmental third parties as part of criminal and civil settlements, a move that could block money from going toward environmental projects.

Earlier this year, Scott Pruitt had little to say about U.S. EPA's 2015 ozone standard during his Senate confirmation hearing for becoming the agency's administrator. But he made his position clear late yesterday by abruptly announcing his decision to delay attainment designations and suggesting that more changes are in the works.