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Former President Obama decried the absence of American leadership on climate change during a speech in Indonesia over the weekend.

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Friday introduced a new sportsmen's bill that would prohibit federal protections for gray wolves across the Great Lakes region and in Wyoming.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has directed his agency to limit the "sue and settle" practice that critics say the Obama administration used to issue new regulations.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy currently has 35 staffers, an administration official said today. That's about a third of the number of employees during the Obama administration.

A federal appeals court today vacated the Trump administration's decision to delay an Obama-era U.S. EPA rule curbing methane emissions from new oil and gas operations.

Authorities in Hong Kong this week confiscated more than 15,000 pounds of ivory tusks worth about $9.22 million in the region's largest ivory seizure in over 30 years.

A recent law in Japan will allow key steps toward resuming commercial hunting of whales, which are a "great source of food," officials said today.

The Philippines' new environmental minister, Roy Cimatu, has lifted a moratorium on permits for mines and other industrial projects.

France will work to end the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040, Minister of Ecological and Social Transition Nicolas Hulot announced today.

Following a $1.2 million budget cut, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has shut its Bureau of Forestry and cut several major positions, including bureau chief and state geologist.

Mississippi's state auditor yesterday demanded that electric carmaker GreenTech Automotive repay the state $4.9 million in aid, in addition to $1.5 million in interest.

Oregon lawmakers are set to let several tax credits expire this year, potentially boosting state revenue by more than $100 million in future years.

Investigators are looking into what caused an explosion at a Florida Air Force base that sent a plume of potentially hazardous smoke into the air.

A Wyoming-based uranium mine operator will not be fined for violations that ended with two toxic sludge leaks.

A reservoir behind a hydroelectric dam that sits at the top of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland has filled with sediment far sooner than U.S. EPA had predicted, according to a report being prepared by scientists working for the agency.

Last month, a study found a chemical known as GenX 400 miles downstream from a Chemours Co. plant in Fayetteville, N.C.

For healthy older adults, exposure to ozone-polluted air — even at a level well above U.S. EPA's current standard — produced no heart problems but did affect breathing ability, according to findings released today by the Boston-based Health Effects Institute.

Monthly renewable generation in the United States this spring exceeded nuclear power for the first time in more than 30 years, the Energy Department reported this morning.

A conservative-leaning watchdog group is suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over failing to respond to its public records requests.

Hundreds of elephants are being kept in "severely cruel" conditions in the Asian tourism industry, an animal welfare group said today.

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