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A brash judicial nominee is shining a spotlight on a federal court whose critical role in property law and environmental regulation is rarely noticed.

Poland's environmental minister, Jan Szyszko, has called for the country's famed Bialowieza Forest to be stripped of its UNESCO natural heritage status.

China's environment ministry stressed patience this week in its "long war" against soil pollution.

A roadkill bill in Oregon overwhelmingly passed the Legislature and signed by the governor will allow motorists who hit animals to harvest the meat to eat.

California Fish and Game Commission officials have banned sage grouse hunting for 2017 due to low population numbers.

U.S. EPA officials have a plan to dam a toxic mine waste leak that is contaminating the Animas River headwaters in Colorado.

The national laboratory that created the atomic bomb is facing increased criticism for its safety record as work ramps up to produce a key ingredient for the nation's nuclear weapons cache.

The U.S. Geological Survey yesterday mistakenly sent out an alert for a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that happened in 1925.

California is a leader in U.S. solar energy production, but conflicts among the state's energy players have caused it to order some solar plants to reduce production, even as natural gas plants continue to generate electricity.

Prominent conservationist Rose Chilcoat and Mark Franklin, her husband, face new felony charges over a face-off with two Utah ranchers who claim the couple endangered their cattle by shutting a gate.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled Sept. 14 oral arguments on two long-running lawsuits to U.S. EPA's implementation of its 2008 ozone standard.

Critics of U.S. EPA's decision this year not to ban a pesticide suspected of causing brain damage to children expanded their legal fight today, suing the agency to obtain records related to that decision.

Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray yesterday mounted what he argues could be the last defense of his legacy by carrying through on his threat to sue comedian John Oliver.

Millions of rare marine creatures have swarmed the West Coast, annoying fishermen and baffling scientists.

A recent spate of more than 400 earthquakes in and around Yellowstone National Park have some worried about a super volcano erupting beneath the park.

Tropical Storm Cindy today made landfall in southwestern Louisiana, though the storm's maximum sustained winds have decreased to around 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Four people have died from the record-breaking heat sweeping the Southwest.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it will drop from the endangered species list a rodent that was erroneously protected and will reintroduce a rare butterfly species.

The California State Lands Commission, a little-known panel that oversees 4 million acres of land beneath state waterways, including the entire coastline, has become a campaign issue in next year's gubernatorial race.

The League of Conservation Voters has added to its communications team.

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