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A toxic class of algae has hit a large area of Maine's Casco Bay for the first time, shutting down shellfish harvesting for weeks.

A deadly disease that has devastated American bat populations may finally have an antidote, according to a new study.

The "dead zones" in the open ocean and coastal water bodies are increasing, suffocating animals and triggering releases of chemicals such as nitrous oxide, a new study has found.

Minnesota regulators today released a draft permit for a major copper-nickel mine, kicking off a surely contentious public comment period.

West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has a new communications director.

Sen. Tom Carper, saying he's troubled by a reported falloff in U.S. EPA enforcement activity, is seeking an array of records related to a recent change to a key air permitting program and a Trump administration policy that bars settlement funds from going to outside groups.

Two-term New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne (D), known for moving the state leftward and preserving a huge stretch of the Pine Barrens forest, died yesterday at age 93.

Kateri Callahan is stepping down as head of the Alliance to Save Energy after 14 years on the job.

The White House announced today it is renominating 21 people to serve as federal judges, including six nominees to be circuit court judges.

Maya van Rossum — best known as the Delaware Riverkeeper — has been punched and verbally abused while fighting hydraulic fracturing and pipeline projects in Pennsylvania.

Steve Bannon is depicted as a dominant force shaping White House environmental policy in the tell-all book released today on the Trump administration's opening months.

The Supreme Court next week is poised to wade into two major cases that in part test the role of the federal government in disputes among states over water rights.

2017 was an active year for Energy Secretary Rick Perry. He announced a plan to boost nuclear and coal plants by changing electricity markets. He split the Department of Energy's energy and science divisions. He was photographed handling a falcon in Saudi Arabia.

A former national park superintendent who gained notoriety by helping Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder cut down trees on a hillside near his property in 2004 will be named the new acting director of the National Park Service next week, according to sources.

The Interior Department is dialing back more environmental goals set in the Obama administration, this time through a secretarial order.

A new law in Italy does away with the plastic bags commonly used for fruits and vegetables at the supermarket, drawing an avalanche of protests in the new year.

A cyclone ripped through eastern Madagascar over the weekend, killing at least 29 and injuring three others, officials said yesterday.

Less than a week after China unveiled a new solar highway with much celebration, thieves made off with a chunk of it.

A 28-foot-long fish ladder will help chinook salmon and steelhead get up and down an Oregon river, allowing fish populations to connect.

Rescue crews were at work this morning in Southern California, where an intense rainstorm has sent mud down slopes that were ravaged by wildfire last month.

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