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Wisconsin officials are asking the Trump administration for a reprieve from ozone pollution standards ahead of the development of a Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant.

A handful of leather finishing operations would face added reporting requirements and other revisions to the status quo under a proposed U.S. EPA rule that would, however, leave hazardous pollutant emission standards for the industry unchanged.

Researchers want to change the usual long-term projections of sea-level rise by bringing more frequent forecasts to at-risk areas.

Liberty County outside Houston is the latest to file suit against Arkema Inc. over chemical fires that resulted from Hurricane Harvey flooding.

Syngenta AG yesterday agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit over the agricultural giant's genetically modified corn seed.

U.S. EPA plans to offer a new regional haze plan for Utah after completing air quality modeling simulations this spring, agency lawyers said in a status report filed yesterday with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Industrial fishing for krill is endangering the future of the Antarctic ecosystem, according to a report today from Greenpeace.

The manager of the world's largest industrial park yesterday urged Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) to cancel a plan to transfer nearly 3,000 wild horses to private ownership — and possible slaughter.

An experimental method to remove invasive Asian carp paid off in a Missouri lake with a haul of 47,000 fish.

Three protesters who were arrested earlier this month pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges yesterday related to their stunt near a bison holding facility in Yellowstone National Park.

The Trump administration reached a settlement yesterday that enables the reopening of an Idaho silver mine after two decades of Superfund cleanup at what was once one of the most toxic sites in the country.

U.S. EPA chief Scott Pruitt held a "regional roundtable" with reporters yesterday, discussing his first year in charge, the year ahead and local issues.

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso today proposed draft legislation to ease a wide range of environmental regulations affecting farmers.

One of California's foremost fish experts is lending support to a controversial plan to build tunnels underneath the state's main water delivery hub.

A federal judge's ruling late last month highlighted how difficult it is to challenge the federal government on border security activities.

President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, announcing on Twitter today that CIA Director and former Kansas Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo would be his anointed replacement.

Ryan Zinke today angrily defended his travel as Interior secretary before a Senate committee, telling the panel's top Democrat that he resented her "insults."

A fossilized shark tooth thought to be about 1.6 million years old has been stolen from its secret location inside Cape Range National Park in Australia, according to wildlife officials.

The California almond harvest has returned to record levels after four years of drought devastated the crucial crop, which has been criticized for its water use.

A proposal to make Maryland the first state to ban polystyrene foam faces an uncertain future.

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