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Krill can digest microplastic, a new study found, but the news doesn't change much for the oceans' plastic pollution problem.

When fishing vessel crews turn off their electronic tracking devices, they may be trying to cover up illegal fishing activities, according to a report today from conservation group Oceana.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke committed Saturday to rebuilding Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park as "expeditiously" as possible.

Environmentalists are opposing a planned auction of mineral rights near Great Sands Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, part of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's move to increase energy development on public lands.

Jeff Sands, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's senior agricultural adviser, has left the agency, sources told E&E News.

Two former U.S. EPA chiefs and two Democratic senators are asking Administrator Scott Pruitt to abandon his move to exempt a type of truck from regulation.

Elected officials from around the country questioned two senior aides to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over the weekend.

Grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC on Friday denied claims by a watchdog group that it made illegal political donations with electricity ratepayers' money.

A Department of Labor panel has rejected a U.S. EPA bid to overturn a ruling that found the environmental agency retaliated against a high-profile 9/11 whistleblower.

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has sole authority to name members to almost two dozen advisory committees, agency attorneys argue in a new court filing that seeks to throw out a lawsuit challenging membership standards imposed last fall.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) revealed yesterday that he plans to file a lawsuit against oil companies, asserting that they know their "product is killing people," and to launch a related public campaign.

Federal judges today struggled with a convoluted Freedom of Information Act lawsuit stemming from accusations of scientific misconduct at U.S. EPA.

The Bureau of Land Management concedes it did not receive tens of thousands of public comments backing Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans but says it was a "breakdown in technology" and not an effort to discount supporters.

Four years after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared a "war against pollution," China is making record strides, according to a new economic analysis.

Sacramento County, Calif., dumped an estimated 290 tons of recyclables into a landfill during one week in February.

The Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana must pay $12 million to 1,433 former students who attended a school on top of a hazardous waste site years ago, according to a civil district court ruling.