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An advisory council that helps steer forest policy at the Department of Agriculture hasn't met in over a year and has had little communication from the Trump administration, members said.

The Trump administration is abandoning science advisory boards across the government, leaving agencies short of expertise on everything from climate change to nuclear power, according to a report released this morning.

In a reversal from 2013, national parks will remain open even if Congress allows the federal government to partially shut down this weekend, the Interior Department said today.

A double tanker truck carrying gasoline blew up yesterday on Interstate 15 in Utah.

New York City is considering a pay-to-drive proposal that would make commuting through the busiest sections of Manhattan cost $11.52 for regular vehicles and $25.34 for trucks.

Coca-Cola Co. plans to recycle the equivalent of all the packaging it distributes by 2030, the company announced today.

Colorado's Front Range, the urban corridor of the state, has seen a population boom, and metro Denver water suppliers are turning to former gold mines to supply growing demand.

The sunken Iranian oil tanker creating sheens in the East China Sea is possibly leaking heavy bunker fuel in addition to light oil, officials said today.

Entergy Corp. is again threatening to shutter two Arkansas coal-fired power plants by late 2021 if it doesn't get a break on pollution control requirements imposed in 2016 under U.S. EPA's regional haze reduction program.

Maryland's Purple Line train will launch later than planned, but state Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn believes it will still happen in 2022.

Supporters of the embattled Navajo Generating Station have another study to bolster their case for saving the massive coal plant.

Two scientists who are based in the United States have been awarded the 2018 Crafoord Prize for their achievements in climate research.

A lawsuit is targeting Oakland over a health study that led the California city to ban coal shipments out of a proposed port on the San Francisco Bay.

Two boys accused of vandalizing a honey operation in Sioux City, Iowa, have been charged in the deaths of more than 500,000 honeybees. Damage to the hives exposed the bees to lethal cold temperatures.

A Kentucky man has been sentenced to life in prison with mercy for the killing of a coal executive in 2016.

A federal court won't reconsider an earlier decision upholding U.S. EPA's "hot-spot" guidance designed to show whether transportation projects violate air quality standards.

A federal court tossed out a lawsuit today by environmentalists who want to stop a Wyoming uranium project.

The Trump administration wants the high-profile litigation over its decisions to scale back two national monuments in southern Utah to be heard by a judge within the state.

Earthquakes are not more likely during full moons, according to a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

Officials have found some of the 52 bison that escaped from holding pens in Yellowstone National Park earlier this week, the National Park Service said.

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