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The embattled CEO of Puerto Rico's bankrupt public power utility has resigned, according to news reports.

The White House today asked Congress for $44 billion in emergency hurricane relief for Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida as well as targeted tax relief for communities and homeowners hit by California wildfires.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected pleas from a government panel and the environment minister to lift a ban on open-pit mining.

Thousands descended on Delhi for a half-marathon yesterday, despite hazardous smog and calls from doctors for the event to be canceled.

An suspected gas leak at a Chinese refinery killed three workers and injured six others Saturday, state media reported today.

Missouri will restrict use of the herbicide Engenia, made by BASF SE, that farmers say drifts after sprayings and harms crops.

Tennessee companies are gearing up to process over 22 million pounds of low-level nuclear waste from Canada, but the state's environmental regulator has cleared away data about the radioactive material from its website.

People with certain blood types may be more susceptible than others to heart attacks during spikes in air pollution, researchers warn.

The government of Chicago will move to file a federal suit against U.S. Steel Corp. accusing the company of multiple Clean Water Act violations, according to city officials.

Ohio released its draft plan Friday to deal with annual toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie under a 2015 deal made among states, U.S. EPA and Canada's government.

TransCanada Corp. said it has dispatched more crews and supplies to the site in South Dakota where the Keystone pipeline leaked 5,000 barrels of crude oil last week.

A federal safety board that President Trump has targeted for downsizing or elimination warned that the Hanford nuclear reservation suffers from serious design problems.

Rebounding populations of harbor seals, sea lions and other marine mammals are posing a problem for a population of endangered orcas, which have to compete for the same salmon.

NOAA's newest weather satellite took off on a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday, and scientists hope it will improve their ability to predict extreme events like hurricanes.

Poisons that kill bugs and weeds may not be the only chemical culprits in the deaths of bees.

Demonstrators marched on the National Mall in Washington yesterday to urge more federal aid for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria's devastation in September.

A former Energy Department official with deep ties to the Pacific Northwest is joining the Democratic staff of the House Appropriations Committee.

The bipartisan House caucus dedicated to exploring market-based solutions to address climate change has added two members.

A report released today by the liberal Center for American Progress slams more than a dozen Republican lawmakers for their support of efforts to reduce the size of national monuments or slow the creation of new ones, dubbing the group the "Congressional Anti-Parks Caucus."

Comments from President Trump and one of his top energy advisers are giving new hope to solar manufacturers that the administration may slap steep tariffs on solar components.

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