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Two people in the past two weeks have been gored by charging elk in Missouri's Lone Elk Park.

The Nature Conservancy has bought a former Girl Scout camp near Wisconsin's Mukwonago River as part of a larger effort by the group to protect forests and water quality in the area west of Milwaukee.

Virginia regulators want to use money from the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal settlement to install more electric vehicle charging stations across the state.

Starting today, Uber users in Dubai can request one of 50 new Tesla electric vehicles.

Ben & Jerry's has started to cut all ingredients containing glyphosate from its production chain after a survey found traces of the controversial pesticide in the brand's European ice creams.

Neighbors of an old tannery dump site in Belmont, Mich., will be given whole-house drinking water filtration systems.

Maps released by Duke Energy Corp. last week show that nearly 300 buildings would be in danger in the event of dam failures at the company's coal ash pits across North Carolina.

A properly placed offshore wind farm could provide far more electricity than an identical land system and power the entire planet, according to a surprising new study.

Environmental groups' attempts to halt a uranium project in the West appeared to fall largely on deaf ears today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

U.S. EPA has backed off an initial plan to require new pollution controls on an Arizona coal-fired power plant, and will instead allow the Coronado Generating Station to curb haze-forming emissions by periodically closing one of its two units each year, according to a rule published in today's Federal Register.

A "Harry Potter" fan has named a wasp after a villain in the series to bring attention to the insect and improve its reputation.

For the first time in 20 years, scientists surveying the Pacific Northwest's salmon population have come up with some empty nets.

As Florida headed into the most severe hurricane season in years, it was unprepared to face a major disaster, according to an audit from the state's Division of Emergency Management.

Wind-fueled wildfires across California's wine country have killed at least 11 people and prompted more than 20,000 to evacuate, as firefighters today struggled to get a handle on the fast-moving fires.

President Trump said in an interview published today that if Rex Tillerson did call him a moron, they should "compare IQ tests."

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt called yesterday for ending renewable tax credits.

Coal company CEO Bob Murray handed the newly inaugurated President Trump with an "action plan" last January for reviving his slumping industry.

The Obama administration's two Interior secretaries racked up close to a million dollars in noncommercial travel expenses during their years in office, newly released documents show.