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The head of an advanced materials firm said he met Monday with President Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, in an attempt to persuade him to nationalize the only rare earth mine in the U.S.

Environmentalists dominated a Forest Service public meeting in St. Paul, Minn., yesterday regarding a proposed federal mining ban in Superior National Forest.

A massive wildfire in California yesterday forced about 4,000 evacuations and threatened the power lines that supply Yosemite National Park.

Callista Gingrich, the nominee for ambassador to the Vatican, stated yesterday that President Trump wants the United States to be a global environmental leader.

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) introduced legislation this week that he said would lay bare the climate change impacts of bills introduced in Congress.

Coal mogul Joseph Craft is betting on the coal industry to be a major player as President Trump calls for the U.S. to export more energy resources and achieve "global energy dominance."

A leading conservative political action committee endorsed West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in the hotly contested GOP Senate primary.

Comedian Seth Meyers shone a harsh spotlight on the Trump administration's efforts to roll back environmental rules on his NBC show last night.

The Trump administration has delayed or put under review more than 50 rules since taking office, according to a new report by the Center for Progressive Reform.

The Senate today advanced President Trump's second pick for an open seat on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a new blueprint for slashing emissions and energy use without much effort or cost.

A House panel voted unanimously this morning to advance draft legislation to encourage the development of self-driving cars. It's the first of its kind to move forward.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today backed "in general" a package of Republican-authored Endangered Species Act reform bills that critics contend would gut the 1973 law. But in a sign of negotiations to come, the agency's acting director advised lawmakers that certain "technical modifications" are still needed to meet specific concerns.

Both wolf critics and conservationists are upset at Idaho's new management plan, set to be released as a draft next month.

West Virginia environmental officials want U.S. EPA to approve a change in how the state calculates water pollution limits.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) yesterday praised the completion of the state's new 50-year water plan, which maps strategies for water conservation and calls for large water projects at Lake Powell and the Bear River.

Mass production of plastic products over the past 70 years has threatened "near permanent contamination of the natural environment," according to a new study.

Dr. Herbert Needleman, a pediatrician and psychiatrist renowned for his research into the effects of lead exposure on children, died Tuesday. He was 89.

A northern Michigan community overlying an estimated 13 trillion gallons of trichloroethylene, or TCE, is trying to stay ahead of a massive contamination plume.

A group of Pennsylvania nuns has built an outdoor chapel in an attempt to block the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline.

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