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The latest fall count has found an unprecedented 2.4 million dead trees in Yosemite National Park, posing a risk to people and structures.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) is expecting a "grand compromise" when President Trump travels to the state in December to detail his proposal to downsize the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced yesterday he has formally accepted a donation of nearly 4,000 acres of private land that will open the Sabinoso Wilderness in northeast New Mexico to hunting, fishing and other recreational activity for the first time.

LAS VEGAS — Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro yesterday rejected requests from Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his son Ryan Bundy to be released from jail ahead of their trial this week, siding with federal prosecutors who pointed to the elder Bundy's defiance of other federal court orders for more than 20 years.

Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R) and May Boeve, leader of the climate change advocacy group 350.org, are the 2017 winners of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards.

Don't go knocking on U.S. EPA's door for a copy of Bob Murray's "action plan."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has an overwhelming lead over her primary challenger, state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D), according to a new poll.

Most energy provisions of the tax code would remain unchanged under the Senate's tax overhaul released last night, sidestepping for now battles over sector-specific incentives.

Small media outlets are having a big impact on how Americans perceive climate change, energy production and other issues.

Some of the Interior Department's stalled nominations could start moving, perhaps soon, with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's new offer to confer with disgruntled Senate Democrats.

President Reagan infamously said in 1981 that "trees cause more pollution than automobiles do."

Veterans who fight their post-traumatic stress by spending time in national parks now have taken up a new battle: convincing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and lawmakers to boost park funding.

Ten huge sperm whales washed up on the beach of an Indonesian island, prompting rescue efforts today from officials and fishermen.

Over 400 people were killed by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the Iraq-Iran border last night, authorities said today.

Powerful northwestern winds have sent ash from last century's largest volcanic eruption up into Alaska's skies, affecting visibility on Kodiak Island.

Investigators found elevated levels of a toxic dry-cleaning solvent in the aquifer that supplies Memphis, Tenn., with its drinking water, according to a U.S. EPA spokesman.

A massive aquifer that feeds eight states in the central United States is quickly being pumped dry, shriveling up streams, killing fish and threatening farmers who rely on the water for their crops.

A North Carolina environmental official recently appointed to U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board has been suspended with pay by the state's new Democratic governor.

A father-and-son team from the United Kingdom are planning the first-ever trip to the South Pole relying only on renewable energy.

A coal giant poised to benefit from Trump administration policies is doubling down on threats of brownouts and blackouts should one of its client's power plants be forced to shutter early in Arizona.

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