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The Interior Department is set to reopen millions of acres of sensitive greater sage grouse habitat across six Western states to mining activity when a two-year moratorium on new mining claims ends Sunday.

Summer is over for the Supreme Court.

The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled today that imported solar panels and modules are causing "serious injury" to U.S. manufacturers, giving President Trump the final say about tariffs in a high-profile case that could unravel the American solar industry.

An erupting volcano in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu has forced 6,000 residents to evacuate.

The Brazilian government announced yesterday that it would reinstate a ban on mining across swaths of the Amazon rainforest, a win for environmentalists and an abrupt change of course for the government.

The United Kingdom's first solar farm that isn't subsidized by the government will open in England today, as plummeting costs make the renewable energy more affordable.

Something is growing underneath the streets of Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Department of Public Works.

The commercial collection of reptiles in Nevada is now illegal, after a 6-1 decision by the state's wildlife commission.

Dozens of sex offenders who live on McNeil Island in Washington state say the facility's water is making them sick.

U.S. EPA's internal watchdog is raising concerns about agency spending on conference calls.

North Dakota officials voted yesterday to borrow an additional $5 million to cover the cost of policing the high-profile protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.

A recent safety violation at Los Alamos National Laboratory didn't pose any risk of an accidental nuclear reaction, the lab said.

An Alaska pipeline company continues to clean up and investigate the cause of an estimated 400-gallon spill of crude oil and water.

Three common types of bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay could flourish as the climate warns, and more people will get sick because of it, a new study warns.

A nonprofit is suing in California to force Starbucks Corp. and about 90 other companies, including grocery stores, to post warnings about a cancer-causing chemical in coffee.

The fishing magnate known as "The Codfather" was sentenced yesterday in a Boston federal court to nearly four years in prison for charges related to money smuggling and evading fishing quotas.

In a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, attorneys want to know whether a river — or a plant or forest, for that matter — has rights.

Bill Center, a longtime environmental activist in the Sierra Nevada, died last week at age 68 from stomach cancer.

Botanic gardens could play a crucial role in protecting the world's endangered plant species, a new study has found.

Most restaurants and supermarkets in Puerto Rico remain closed in the wake of Hurricane Maria, and supplies are limited in the stores that are open, making water and some food hard to come by.

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