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Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken in an address from the Senate floor this morning said he will resign in the coming weeks.

A Senate panel is ready to vote next week on whether to confirm AccuWeather Inc. CEO Barry Myers as the next administrator of NOAA.

The Senate today confirmed Joe Balash to be Interior's assistant secretary for land and minerals management, moving one of several stalled department nominations.

A coalition of green groups and outdoor retailer Patagonia have made good on promises to sue the Trump administration over its decision to scale back Utah's Bears Ears National Monument.

The Interior Department revealed a final plan today for giving oil and gas producers more time to comply with methane restrictions for operations on public lands.

A volunteer energy adviser to the Interior Department cautioned today against some of the more dramatic reorganization proposals floated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers today his long-anticipated exercise to debate climate change science could be launched early next year as Democrats criticized him, saying EPA shows "all the signs of an agency captured by industry."

One of the world's biggest mining companies wants to attract more women to the traditionally male-dominated profession.

A proposed expansion of a large European budget ski resort would run hundreds of miles of slopes and ski lifts through a UNESCO World Heritage site that is home to brown bears and wolves, according to documents the World Wildlife Fund obtained in a lawsuit.

Nearly 50 animals died at the Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue in Clinton, Tenn., this week when a fire burned down its main barn and sent the roof crumbling.

Crews yesterday towed a wrecked fishing boat that had run aground off the coast of Waikiki, Hawaii, as a crowd cheered.

North Dakota decided to withdraw a new rule for the use of the weedkiller dicamba on soybean crops next year.

The Air Force has opened a public comment period on its plan to expand a huge training range into Nevada's Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

Florida is set to kick off the country's first private high-speed rail service this month.

A conservation group has found baby oysters in Raritan Bay, sparking hope for the future health of the heavily polluted waterway.

Owners of some of California's crucial dams are failing to fix small and nagging problems in their structures, according to a Sacramento Bee investigation.

U.S. EPA is poised to formally fault three states for failing to submit revamped cleanup plans for meeting its 2008 ground-level ozone standard.

The U.S. International Trade Commission finalized tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber yesterday, ramping up tensions as the Trump administration tries to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

An activist group is challenging California regulators' 2015 approval of a permit for a nuclear waste storage facility.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should do a better job assessing the performance of capacity markets, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday.

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