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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has both a quorum and a new chairman.

At 5:22 p.m. yesterday, U.S. EPA employees working in the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue received an email: "Urgent — Security Issue in the North Building," read the subject line.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has reached an undisclosed settlement in his landlord-tenant dispute with Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Washington over his alleged breach of a residential lease agreement, according to court documents.

Promising visitors that the hair on the back of their necks "is going to stand up," the National Park Service expects record crowds this month for the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years.

Scientists are pushing back on climate change claims made by a former conservative British politician in an interview with BBC News.

Five of the 13 beaches closed in Hong Kong after a palm oil spill have reopened.

Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna plans to announce Monday the creation of the country's largest marine conservation area to date.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) yesterday declared a state of emergency in New Orleans due to flooding concerns.

The Navajo Nation in Arizona this week asked U.S. EPA to be more flexible in compensating tribes for damage in the wake of the Gold King mine spill.

A federal magistrate in Cleveland eased the way for construction of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline, turning back a request from more than 60 Ohio property owners who sought to block the 250-mile-long Nexus pipeline.

The Northern Pass project, a proposed 192-mile transmission line to carry energy from hydropower plants in Canada to New Hampshire, took a significant step forward yesterday with a favorable report from the Department of Energy.

A federal judge yesterday cut short defendant Eric Parker's testimony about his role in the 2014 armed standoff between ranchers and federal agents near Bunkerville, Nev., after the Idaho man repeatedly violated a court order barring mention of constitutional rights and the Second Amendment.

A California appellate court Wednesday moved to force venture capitalist Vinod Khosla to reopen a beach access road that runs through his multimillion-dollar property in the state.

Murray Energy Corp. CEO Bob Murray yesterday scored a pair of favorable rulings in two separate lawsuits the coal giant has brought against The New York Times and HBO.

Scientists have snapped rare photos of the critically endangered North Pacific right whale.

A marijuana grower's portable electrical generator started the 2016 wildfire that burned over 4,400 acres in California's Santa Cruz Mountains and destroyed 12 homes, according to officials.

The cost of saving the salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest is too high, according to a group representing farmers who want the government to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act.

Environmental groups are urging U.S. EPA to ban cyanide traps that kill predators, citing the dangers posed to humans and pets.

A vehicle fatally injured a bull bison just outside Yellowstone National Park last weekend.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has the edge over Republican Sen. Luther Strange ahead of next week's Alabama Senate special primary election.

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