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Maui yesterday asked a federal court to reconsider a ruling that the island claims would have far-reaching and "crippling" implications for how it and other municipalities regulate groundwater.

Feral bulls and cows have been harassing hikers and gobbling up vegetation at the Sand to Snow National Monument near Palm Springs, Calif.

Researchers have stumbled on more than a million Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands of Antarctica.

DENVER — When President Trump ordered a review of dozens of national monuments for potential reductions, state attorneys general from a trio of Western states had a simple message: Hands off our public lands, or we'll see you in court.

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has introduced a bill to reinstate a popular federal lands program designed to promote conservation and increase public access to outdoor recreation activities.

Stocked with representatives from the National Rifle Association, Safari Club International and other like-minded groups, the Interior Department's newest advisory committee is about to start trekking.

U.S. EPA is pressing ahead with a first round of proposed changes to its landmark 2015 coal ash regulations, a move quickly embraced by the utility industry and slammed by environmental groups.

Michael Bardee, one of the nation's top electricity experts, is ready to unplug.

U.S. EPA has restored funding to a newspaper covering the Chesapeake Bay following mounting pressure from Maryland lawmakers.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said security concerns play into why the agency doesn't release his daily public schedule.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said yesterday that he will delay an oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico to give federal officials more time to study the potential impact on cultural artifacts in the remote Chaco Canyon region.

In the heart of Alaska's remote southwestern Kuskokwim Mountains, two Canadian mining companies could soon get the green light to dig a massive open-pit mine to access what they describe as one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in the world.

Norway's fjords are central to its national identity, but the fjord by the country's capital is full of trash.

Authorities in Honduras have arrested an energy company executive accused of engineering the death of a prominent environmental activist.

Fred Hayes, a former Utah parks director credited with saving many parks from closing, died Friday at age 58.

Faced with questions of student safety in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, Florida International University's Biscayne Bay campus is confronted with a problem: There is only one road into and out of the campus.

The Washington Legislature voted Friday to put an end to Atlantic salmon net-pen farming by 2025.

A handful of cities on both U.S. coasts have restricted plastic straws in recent months, and advocates say that could spark significant changes in behavior.

SUVs and crossovers made up more than one-third of cars sold worldwide last year, nearly triple their share 10 years ago, according to an auto research firm. That spells trouble for the climate.

New research has found that building new reservoirs will likely not help water shortages across the West caused by declining snowpack.

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