Greenwire

Environmentalists are pressing the Trump administration to release emails and other communications related to President Trump's March approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The federal government announced yesterday that it will investigate the death of an offshore oil and gas employee on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Employees at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia lied about completing required checks of equipment and plant conditions, federal regulators said.

3M Co. reached a settlement with Minnesota yesterday in a contentious lawsuit over claims of water pollution spanning 50 years.

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered Wyoming to pay more than $100,000 to Montana in a long-standing legal dispute over water rights.

The battle over two national monuments slashed by President Trump in December has spread to the runway.

Research shows the biting greenhead horse fly has returned to the Louisiana coast in droves, a sign that the marshes are recovering from the 2010 BP PLC Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A 53-year-old man from the Chicago suburbs died last summer in Yellowstone National Park while looking for a $2 million treasure chest allegedly hidden in the area, according to authorities.

A disease that shrinks and kills abalones will likely thrive in warming waters, limiting where the sea snails can exist in the future, according to a new study.

Farm incomes are headed down, and that could spell trouble for protecting farmland.

Tomorrow marks the start of a 60-day comment period on a proposal to roll back an Obama-era rule curbing natural gas waste on federal land.

314 Action, the advocacy group working to place scientists in public office, has announced its first major advertising expenditure: $1.8 million targeting swing seats in three major media markets.

The chairman of a House Oversight and Government Reform panel is calling for an investigation of illegal lobbying by a Chemical Safety Board member.

Seventy-eight percent of California voters who participated in a new poll oppose President Trump's decision to roll back protections on some national monuments.

Gina McCarthy, who served as U.S. EPA administrator under President Obama, said yesterday that the courts will likely overturn the Trump administration's rollbacks of major environmental rules.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke yesterday promised to consider the state's opposition when deciding on a new plan to allow fossil fuel drilling off its coast.

A top Energy Department official yesterday nixed rumors that the agency is considering the use of federal emergency authority to save struggling coal plants.

The federal government and greens are lining up behind a Tesla Inc.-owned solar company in a Supreme Court row over the firm's attempt to bring an antitrust lawsuit against an Arizona municipal power company.

The House's top watchdog is requesting justification for U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's first-class travel.

A top Fish and Wildlife Service official "violated federal laws and regulations" by participating in a grant agreement that financially benefited a "family member," Interior Department investigators say.

Latest Images