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One of the biggest tasks facing U.S. EPA's chemicals office is the implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. It's a job that most people might find daunting, but not Nancy Beck.

The Trump administration is fleshing out the leadership team at the Department of Justice's division focused on the environment.

After a five-year review, U.S. EPA has proposed leaving unchanged its two primary air quality standards for nitrogen oxides.

The current version of a highly anticipated grid study from the Department of Energy no longer includes draft text that pointed a finger at cheap gas and low electricity demand — not renewables — as the main drivers of recent baseload power plant closures.

RITTMAN, Ohio — Promoters of the Nexus pipeline say it will bring "energy, jobs and a vibrant economy" as it carries cheap Appalachian gas to power plants in Ohio and Michigan. But the ballyhooed project means heartbreak for retiree Tom West and his neighbors here.

Last year's summer hot spot in the waters surrounding the Australian island of Tasmania was the most intense ever recorded, and scientists say the worst heat waves are yet to come.

Francene Lisle, who has chronic lymphoma leukemia, is one of more than 800 people suing Roundup's maker Monsanto Co.

An ongoing debate in Maryland has pitted the pollution-sensitive trout against a potential upgrade of the Carroll County sewage treatment plan.

BP PLC has shut 14 oil and gas wells in Prudhoe Bay in Alaska after a mechanical failure caused a gas and oil release on April 14.

An overturned gasoline truck spilled 2,400 gallons of fuel into Florida Bay and mangroves yesterday morning.

The ebullient-of-late coal industry got some good news today from the U.S. Energy Information Administration: Exports are up and will be overall in 2017.

With Energy Secretary Rick Perry saying he wants to "make nuclear cool again" and President Trump pledging a "complete review" of the U.S. nuclear industry, questions abound over what path the administration might take.

A federal jury yesterday heard opening statements in the retrial of four participants in the 2014 armed standoff led by Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

The Trump administration is seeking a six-month delay in complying with a recent court decision tossing out a George W. Bush-era rule exempting livestock operations from certain pollution reporting requirements.

A federal court today sent a rule that uses limits on "surrogate" emissions to regulate hazardous air pollutants back to U.S. EPA.

The National Park Service is considering a year-round online reservation system for access to Zion National Park's most popular trails and attractions.

Gray wolves in Wyoming killed livestock in record numbers last year, and in response, wildlife managers killed record numbers of wolves, according to a report from the Fish and Wildlife Service.

A wildfire outside Yosemite National Park grew to over 7,000 acres last night, forcing local towns to evacuate.

Federal officials are looking into using the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for the first stretch of the border wall between the United States and Mexico promised by President Trump, and environmentalists are ready for a fight.

Two environmental groups are continuing their efforts to protect Lake Erie, filing another lawsuit against U.S. EPA, this time over its approval of a key Ohio report.

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