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Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen announced today he'll end his tenure at the environmental legal group's helm at the end of next year.

America's largest publicly traded coal company pressed Department of Energy officials in April to throw a lifeline to the massive Navajo Generating Station, emails obtained by the Sierra Club show.

It appears even national parks need a little time to adjust to the new 280-character limit unveiled by Twitter to all users this week.

The National Park Service today said it will propose permanently closing the Washington Monument grounds to recreational use.

Federal judges today slammed U.S. EPA for foot-dragging on air standards for brick and tile manufacturers that are already nearly 20 years behind schedule.

Bill Wehrum narrowly won Senate confirmation today to become U.S. EPA's next air chief, putting a longtime industry attorney in charge of overseeing the nation's air quality.

A little-known law soon could restrict top acting officials across the federal government and possibly leave the Trump administration's coming environmental and energy policy decisions legally vulnerable.

The Australian Museum has teamed up with IBM to create a first-of-its-kind app that lets smartphone users record frog calls, and now it's hoping frog enthusiasts will hop into the action.

India will spray its capital, New Delhi, with water from on high in an effort to combat toxic smog levels that are expected to worsen this weekend.

The New Jersey borough of Carteret has reached a $7.4 million settlement with U.S. Metals Refining Co. over an abandoned, contaminated metal smelting site that will require cleanup.

Seven cities in Puerto Rico — including the capital, San Juan — lost electricity again yesterday, a major blow to ongoing efforts to restore the power grid devastated by Hurricane Maria.

Company officials and state regulators say the cloud of white smoke seen above a hazardous waste dump near Beatty, Nev., was harmless.

At least seven leaks have been found in the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's oldest double-walled radioactive waste storage tank, according to inspectors.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I) joined President Trump in Beijing yesterday to sign a deal advancing a decadeslong effort to ship part of the state's massive stores of natural gas to China and the rest of Asia.

The radioactive cloud of pollution hanging over Europe in recent weeks was probably caused by an accident at a nuclear site in Russia or Kazakhstan in late September, according to French officials.

Utilities are planning to retire 75 coal and nuclear generating units in the United States by 2020, according to a new analysis from a well-known environmental organization that is expanding its work on energy policy.

Twenty months after winning a pause on litigation surrounding refinery emissions regulations, U.S. EPA is still grappling with possible changes, according to a new court filing.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday said it would suspend litigation over the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan for an additional 60 days.

Fuel has been leaking ever since a boat bringing foreign workers for the fishing industry crashed into a shallow reef last month off Hawaii's famed Waikiki Beach.

U.S. officials grounded a giant passenger jet that was altered to battle wildfires during much of this year's catastrophic fire season, but that could change next year.

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