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A divided Utah Supreme Court has held that the state's legal battle to control thousands of roads crossing federal land has not run out of time under an obscure state law.

A federal appellate court has granted U.S. EPA's request for a two-month hold on litigation surrounding a haze reduction plan for Arkansas, but with a warning that it will not look favorably on future delays.

The oil industry is seeking to kill a lawsuit by environmentalists over President Trump's executive order allowing expanded drilling in the outer continental shelf.

Eastern red cedar trees are spreading quickly across the American prairie, sucking up valuable water and sunlight and worrying conservationists and ranchers alike.

Intense wildfires have quieted down in some parts of the country, but Western states now must prepare for potential flooding this summer.

The Tampa Bay area has lagged behind on hurricane preparations. If a major storm gave the area a direct hit, the damage would likely surpass the damage of Hurricane Katrina, experts say.

Montana regulators approved exploratory drilling near Yellowstone National Park last week, just days after federal legislation to block mining in the region got a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Altering federal greater sage grouse conservation plans to prioritize state-by-state population goals without including "habitat management and restoration" could harm the bird and drive many other sagebrush-dependent species toward federal protection, a new report says.

BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — More than three years after the armed standoff that took place here between rancher Cliven Bundy and his family and federal agents, the Bundy patriarch sits across the state in the Nevada Southern Detention Center as he awaits trial.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt last week denied rumors that he plans to run for Oklahoma governor in 2018.

After a federal court last week told U.S. EPA it shortchanged renewable fuels by 500 million gallons in 2016, the agency now has to decide how to fix that mistake.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's phone calls to Alaska's Republican senators last week in the midst of a heated health care debate may have had the unintended consequence of drawing political scrutiny on his department.

The latest White House meeting to discuss pulling back on U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan involved President Trump's energy honcho Mike Catanzaro and the electric utility industry.

James Rubin, a longtime Washington environmental attorney, died Friday, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 54.

The company behind what could be Wyoming's first new coal mine in years has bet big on the black rocks — but not for generating electricity.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Friday he's "not worried in the least" about investigations of Energy Department tweets and that the American people likely think such inquiries are "nonsense."

BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke acknowledged yesterday that Trump administration efforts to strike down national monuments could face legal challenges, but he didn’t rule out that he could recommend full-scale rescissions.

Japan will begin revising its basic energy policy next week, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko announced at a press conference.

Germany will not force carmakers to make costly retrofits on diesel cars to cut emissions, but the industry will provide software updates for about 2 million vehicles, sources said today.

A pipe carrying Miami's treated human waste into the ocean has leaked for at least a year in shallow water within a mile of ritzy Fish Island, according to an environmental group.

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