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Three common and widely used farm pesticides can harm endangered salmon and jeopardize their survival, according to a new report by NOAA Fisheries.

Belize has banned offshore oil and gas drilling in an effort to protect the tourism industry and unique aquatic species that rely on its barrier reef.

Chinese officials who tampered with pollution monitoring equipment have been punished, according to the nation's environment ministry.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Peru's coast early yesterday, killing one person and injuring dozens more, officials said.

A restive volcano that could erupt soon has prompted an evacuation order for nearby residents in the Philippines.

Protesters shut down a Wells Fargo bank Friday by locking themselves to the entrances in Duluth, Minn.

Ohio environmental regulators are worried about another spill at Energy Transfer Partners' Rover pipeline.

A tanker car spilled 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel when it partially derailed in Selkirk, N.Y., yesterday, according to Selkirk Fire Chief Joe Michaniw.

First, wildfires scorched the region last month. Then mudslides ravaged the destabilized soil last week. Now Montecito, Calif., is preparing for more rain while firefighters dig through the mud for bodies.

A gas pipeline rupture in Michigan last year was caused by weight putting stress on the line, the pipeline's owner said today.

U.S. EPA and the Justice Department recently reached settlements with three carbon black producers that are designed to eventually cut releases of two common pollutants by tens of thousands of tons annually.

Greenpeace launched a campaign today to create the world's largest wildlife refuge in Antarctica.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is working to scale back his signature infrastructure proposal: a $17 billion plan to build a pair of water tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The government erred with its massive militarized display during the standoff at the Bundy ranch in Nevada, according to two former high-level Bureau of Land Management officials.

Former Sen. John Tunney, a California Democrat who made his name working on environmental and civil rights causes, died of prostate cancer Friday. He was 83.

Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley launched a social media campaign Friday urging voters to lobby the Trump administration against making reductions to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

Chelsea Manning, the former military intelligence officer convicted for leaking documents to Wikileaks, will run for Senate against Sen. Ben Cardin (D) in Maryland.

President Trump has tapped an energy consultant and longtime Senate staffer to lead a key office at the State Department.

U.S. EPA officials, acknowledging a recent mistake, sought to clear up confusion Friday about their immediate intentions for enforcement of the 2015 ground-level ozone standard, but said in a legal filing they need another week to flesh out a schedule.

Dominique Browning was surprised when a meeting with U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt actually happened.

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