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County officials in southwestern Washington state awarded a first approval to developers of a major coal export terminal there, part of an effort to increase shipments from the Pacific Northwest.

Former Vice President Al Gore today appeared on Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) podcast to promote his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power."

Federal appeals judges will allow construction to begin on a proposed light-rail line project in Maryland.

Environmental groups today launched a battery of five lawsuits against U.S. EPA, all with the goal of forcing the agency to crack down on allegedly lax permitting practices by Texas state regulators.

A massive wildfire in California that has forced 4,000 people from their homes and affected the power supply in Yosemite National Park was still only 7 percent contained last night.

President Trump's frequent winter visits to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, hurt data collection on shark migration.

The Joyce Ranch is the oldest operation in Idaho, according to owner Paul Nettleton, whose family has run the ranch for five generations.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) yesterday appointed a veteran water manager who formerly worked for an environmental group to oversee the repairs of the cratered Oroville Dam spillway and his controversial tunnels project to move water from the wet north to the dry south.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will soon be communing with nature and convening with conservative allies, in a Colorado trip that shows two facets of his leadership.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is reviewing treatment options for glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, after his family announced his diagnosis last night.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said yesterday that he supports a massive federally funded cleanup of the Great Lakes.

NextGen Climate has a new name and an expanded focus. The advocacy group founded by billionaire Tom Steyer is now NextGen America, indicating a shift from climate and environmental issues to progressive issues broadly.

Public health advocates are warning that the Trump administration may effectively renege on a landmark chemical safety compromise signed into law last year by President Obama.

Elon Musk says he got verbal government approval to build an East Coast underground hyperloop connecting New York and Washington, D.C.

The Treasury Department fined Exxon Mobil Corp. $2 million for violating economic sanctions against Russia.

The House today approved a land exchange that paves the way for a long-contested road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, rejecting arguments by Democrats that the road will harm sensitive wildlife and open other refuges to development.

The Trump administration has erased an Obama-era requirement that Harley-Davidson Motor Co. spend $3 million on a pollution control project as part of its penalty for cheating on air emissions.

The White House this morning released the new administration's first regulatory plan, a sweeping survey for all federal agency actions.

Australia would vastly increase commercial fishing operations in the world's largest network of protected marine reserves if it follows through on plans to expand fishing across 80 percent of its protected maritime sanctuaries.

Oregon's polluters have successfully pushed back on efforts to strengthen toxic air rules in the state.

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