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A major reservoir in the Southwest is expected to get less than half its average spring runoff.

California's iconic coastal redwoods are seemingly threatened from every side: Logging, extreme weather patterns brought on by climate change, coastal erosion and rising sea levels are all putting the giant trees in peril.

Over 150 new emojis were released yesterday, and to Sen. Angus King's delight, they included a lobster.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is tracking the 2,500-mile migration of the endangered whooping crane in a new way — with cellphone towers.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) announced a scaled-back version yesterday of his ambitious plan for overhauling the state's water-delivery hub.

The League of Conservation Voters is doubling down on state politics.

When Pope Francis called for swift action on climate change in 2015, Dan Misleh knew his work was paying off.

The unraveling of a major New England transmission project has pit environmentalists against clean energy advocates, illustrating the difficulty of balancing regional climate goals with the rights of communities affected directly by grid infrastructure.

Peter Tsirigotis, a career U.S. EPA employee who has been closely involved in crafting major power plant emissions regulations, is now director of the agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, a spokesman confirmed today.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved President Trump's nominee for a vacant seat in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

West Coast crab and salmon fisheries would get $200 million in long-awaited disaster aid under a new bipartisan spending plan aimed at avoiding another government shutdown.

The bipartisan budget and spending deal advancing on Capitol Hill today includes almost $100 billion for disaster recovery, including language on resilience and mitigation.

House Democrats today laid out their own $1 trillion infrastructure proposal ahead of the much-anticipated release of President Trump's plan Monday.

The U.S. Geological Survey's public shift away from climate change science and toward energy and mineral development during the Trump administration can be measured by press releases as well as by dollars and cents.

Federal prosecutors yesterday filed an appeal that seeks to reinstate a criminal indictment against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and two of his sons, arguing the case's dismissal last month "increases the risk of danger to federal officers executing their duties" on public lands.

Top House Republicans today expressed confidence the chamber would avoid a government shutdown and approve the landmark budget deal struck this week, despite grumbling from members of both parties over what's in and what's not in the bill.

More than a month after Jeff Sessions was sworn in as attorney general, the Department of Justice declined to bring charges against the Obama-era head of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board for allegedly lying to Congress, according to a report obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act.

A Nigerian man is gaining praise for leading local teenagers in a cleanup of one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm (D) has endorsed Democrat Mike Johnston in the state's gubernatorial race, citing the candidate's environmental proposals.

Miami officials released millions of lab-grown mosquitoes this week to drive down the population of disease-carrying insects.

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