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A federal court today ruled that U.S. EPA cannot require companies to replace potent heat-trapping chemicals with other substances, dealing a blow to part of the Obama administration's climate change legacy.

The top political official at U.S. EPA's chemical safety program, who hasn't been required to sign President Trump's ethics pledge, has nevertheless promised to keep her distance from her former employer, the powerful American Chemistry Council.

Canadian politicians are optimistic about the prospects of a softwood lumber agreement with the United States.

Energy executives in Australia have signaled to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that they are no longer interested in prolonging the life of their coal-fired power plants.

Monsanto Co. introduced new versions of its herbicide dicamba, which has stirred controversy among farmers, in an unusual way.

Two California water districts are suing the federal government for $1.4 billion to clean up cancer-causing chemicals from the area's groundwater supplies.

U.S. EPA today said it will not reconsider the claims that New Mexico and the Navajo Nation filed for damages tied to the Gold King mine spill, since the two governments sued after the claims were first rejected.

Government spending on transportation and public works is in decline nationwide despite promises from the Trump administration to push major infrastructure projects.

Mazda is betting on advanced gas engines in the global race to meet fuel economy standards.

The U.S. EPA inspector general sent a warning to agency management over problems it uncovered with employee pay in EPA's Pacific Northwest office.

A little-known U.S. driller has its sights set on Venezuela, home of the world's biggest oil reserves.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officially will be back to a voting quorum next week, after more than six months without enough commissioners to sign off on major decisions.

U.S. diplomats should sidestep questions from other governments on what it would take to get the Trump administration back into the Paris climate agreement, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Reuters.

Vermont Law School today announced that David Mears, who has held a number of state and federal positions, will direct its environmental law program.

Ten states this week urged the Supreme Court to take up a recent landmark decision that found a tribe has a legal right to the groundwater below its reservation.

North Dakota's hay donation program, aimed at helping drought-stricken ranchers, will expand into South Dakota and Montana.

Tropical Storm Franklin is likely to turn into a hurricane as it gains power while moving across the lower reaches of the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Maryland will request bids to test dredging the reservoir around the state's Conowingo Dam in order to reuse the materials.

A Hawaii marine park's purchase of Kina, a false killer whale previously used by the military for echolocation research, has sparked another round in a long-running debate over captive marine animals.

Environmentalists are calling for the Department of Agriculture to keep restrictions on a genetically engineered eucalyptus tree.

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