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Farmers already use satellite and other technology to decide where to apply fertilizer. An Iowa congressman wants to use the same idea to protect land and water.

A free-market advocacy group this week pushed the Trump administration to do more to prohibit money from going to third parties in settlements negotiated with U.S. EPA.

The natural beauty of New York state, with its abundance of woods, mountains and lakes, formed the canvas upon which Lydia Weiss crafted a career in conservation.

Two major reports surfaced this week warning of skyrocketing global temperatures, but President Trump and U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt are insisting the threat is not dire.

Top cybersecurity officials at U.S. EPA and other federal agencies are leaving the federal government, raising concerns about a security gap.

A senior employee shuffle is underway at the Department of Agriculture.

Faced with concerns over the looting of antiquities in the early 1900s — as historic items were lost to "pot hunters" that included museums and collectors — Congress began a five-year effort to craft a law protecting federal lands.

A court's decision last week knocking down the federal government's efforts to delist Great Lakes wolves could give environmentalists ammunition in their bid to overturn a delisting rule for Yellowstone grizzlies.

The National Press Club is expressing concern about a reported dust-up this week between a spokesman for U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and a journalist in North Dakota.

ELY, Minn. — A Minnesota town is mired in a fractious debate over its future, with neighbors splitting over a major proposed mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Monsoon rains have caused floods and landslides that have killed 173 people in recent days and displaced millions across southern Asia.

North Korea isn't the only major threat facing Guam — climate change is also menacing the United States' island territory.

Human activity may be driving the depletion of Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, according to new research.

A coal company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has sued two Kentucky regulators personally for lost business.

Mexican and American officials are finalizing a water-sharing deal for the Colorado River.

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog said it could have done a better job in approving buyouts and early retirement packages for its employees the last time the agency went through the process.

Utah regulators and federal land managers are struggling to get the owner of a coal mine to pay reclamation costs and unpaid royalties nearly five years after it closed.