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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) declared a state of emergency yesterday as wildfires burn across the state and dry conditions continue.

BMW AG plans to boost spending on electric vehicles and self-driving features to give the company a kick-start after the German auto industry's diesel woes.

California's proposed high-speed rail project yesterday suffered another blow, as a U.S. appeals court ruled that a decision from federal regulators to declare the project immune from strict state environmental laws did not carry the force of law.

A group of California walnut farmers is seeking $15 million over damage to more than 20 acres of land lost in the Oroville Dam crisis.

The Department of the Interior has been blocked in its bid to fire a regional environmental officer in Alaska who says he was the victim of whistleblower retaliation.

Protections and cleanup at a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver are successfully safeguarding local residents and the environment, the Department of Energy said in a report yesterday.

Lyme disease is on the rise across large swaths of North America and Europe, as ticks breed on forest floors and in urban parks in the summer heat, but a new study may have a solution.

Light pollution, which has been proved to disrupt bird and other animal activities, is also interfering with nighttime pollination, according to a new study.

Two conservation groups hope oil and gas development data housed in a central location online will demystify the leasing and drilling process on public lands.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke confirmed yesterday that he will not recommend changes to the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana, marking the fourth site he has exempted in an ongoing review of dozens of national monuments.

Minnesota state Rep. Jim Newberger (R) is mulling a bid against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Joan Card, a former top U.S. EPA official, has joined a law and policy firm.

A cohort of Colorado politicians plan to tour the infamous Gold King mine site with U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt tomorrow, but agency officials have refrained from revealing his planned whereabouts.

In a sharp pivot from last week's health care tumult, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski this morning appeared together in a selfie posted on Twitter, smiling and drinking beers.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to advance an industry attorney whose comments on climate change have divided Democrats and Republicans to be the top environmental lawyer at the Justice Department.

National forests provide 2 percent of annual U.S. timber production. Chad Hanson would like to cut that to zero.

Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt told department employees this week that he expects respectful and healthy disagreement from them, but also an adherence to facts rather than "special interests."

The Senate confirmed Dan Brouillette to be deputy Energy secretary today amid a final push to approve nominees before members jet home for their August break.

Two months after abruptly delaying a key milestone to implement U.S. EPA's 2015 ground-level ozone standard, agency Administrator Scott Pruitt just as suddenly yesterday reversed that decision.

Indonesia has sent armed police and soldiers to help residents on the island of Java fight back against terrorizing monkeys that have been stealing food.

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