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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted its stay of the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule following last month's Supreme Court decision that district courts should review legal challenges to the regulation.

The National Science Foundation is closing its overseas offices, sparking sharp criticism that U.S. research could be threatened.

U.S. EPA announced a settlement that revived the Pebble mine in Alaska on a timeline requested by the company behind the controversial project, according to documents obtained by E&E News.

Now that the Pyeongchang Olympic Games have concluded, South Korea must face questions over the environmental consequences that came with hosting the event in one of the country's oldest and poorest areas.

The spotted lanternfly is getting ready for its first invasion of Maryland this spring.

After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico's forests, conservationists and volunteers are mobilizing to save them.

Storms have prevented cleanup of an oil spill in an important marine habitat near Kodiak, Alaska.

In the months since U.S. EPA ruled that southeast Wisconsin needs to significantly reduce smog pollution, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has fought back with a fury.

Microsoft Corp. today announced it will purchase solar power in Singapore, marking its first clean energy deal in Asia.

Debbie Dooley, a staunch conservative and an early tea party organizer, has broken with the GOP on climate and energy.

Exxon Mobil Corp. is withdrawing from projects in Russia's Arctic Ocean oil fields due to international sanctions on Moscow.

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa's "ag gag" law will move forward, after a federal judge this week denied the state's motion to dismiss it.

Sacramento County is suing the State Water Resources Control Board, alleging that the California board held secret meetings on the delta tunnels project championed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D).

A federal appeals court has rejected another bid to block the expansion of one of the largest underground coal mines in the country.

BNSF Railway Co. wants to join a lawsuit against the state of Washington for blocking a proposed coal export terminal.

The states and environmental groups suing the Trump administration over its suspension of the Clean Water Rule say there's no reason their cases should be transferred to Texas.

The largest and oldest chinook salmon are mostly gone from the West Coast, according to a new study.

Researchers are worried about the health of the last male northern white rhino in the world.

Utah legislators want the state exempted from the 1906 Antiquities Act, which allows presidents to create national monuments.

A government watchdog group wants the Interior Department's inspector general to investigate whether the Trump administration redrew the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to financially benefit a Utah state lawmaker who advocated for the site reduction.

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