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Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apologizing after a virtual reality video of cartoonish figures in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico was slammed as "tone-deaf" and the "height of tastelessness."

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) recommended that U.S. EPA hire a groundbreaking county judge to lead the agency's Region 6 branch.

A coalition of conservative groups, including one backed by the Koch brothers, is calling for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his entire leadership team to step down amid recent legislative gridlock.

Sea-level rise threatens the main economic engine of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, but a patchwork of jurisdictions makes it difficult to do much about it.

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Billionaire businessman and environmental activist Michael Bloomberg pledged another $64 million today to preserve what he called the "war on coal" that President Trump has declared "over."

A big question loomed at the Supreme Court today as the justices heard arguments over which court would handle challenges to the Obama administration's contentious Waters of the U.S. rule: Should the Clean Water Act be interpreted functionally or literally?

India's Supreme Court reinstated a ban on fireworks sales this week in the capital region amid concerns over air quality, paving the way for a much quieter annual Diwali festival.

Floods and landslides have killed at least 54 people in Vietnam after a tropical depression hit the central and northern regions of the country earlier this week. At least 39 people are missing.

Maine's blue mussel harvest last year was the worst in four decades.

Minnesota is adding 618 waterways to the state's list of impaired waters, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Negro Bill Canyon in southern Utah has been renamed Grandstaff Canyon after locals called the previous moniker offensive.

Potential issues with the second-row folding seats have led Tesla Inc. to recall about 11,000 Model X sport utility vehicles.

Local residents, officials and environmental advocates popped sparkling wine and cider outside the San Jacinto Waste Pits yesterday, celebrating a "victory" after U.S. EPA's decision to permanently remove contaminants from the toxic Superfund site.

U.S. EPA today announced a deal with manufacturers of dicamba that aims to reduce crop damage associated with the popular weedkiller.

Richard Branson is throwing his weight behind hyperloop transit, the high-speed passenger pod concept that could get people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in under an hour.

Federal employees' morale continued to climb upward this year, including at several energy and environmental agencies.

Kobe Steel Ltd., the Japanese manufacturer embroiled in a scandal over falsified quality data, admitted today it misled hundreds more companies, including some in the nuclear power industry.