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Northern California is expecting up to 7 inches of rain through the weekend, bringing the possibility of flash floods and mudslides.

A crude oil storage tank leaked 4,200 gallons into Bay Jacques in Louisiana, according to the Coast Guard.

Cattle ranchers yesterday became the latest group to feel squeezed by President Trump's trade policies.

Alphabet Inc. is now the largest corporate purchaser of renewable power in the United States.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) announced yesterday he would end state oversight of Flint following the water crisis that began under emergency managers' leadership.

Dams, levees and other engineered structures along the Mississippi River have made the lower half of the waterway more prone to floods than it's been in 500 years, according to a new study.

Victor McCree, the top career official at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is retiring at the end of June after nearly 30 years at the agency.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's associate administrator, Roy Wright, who oversees the National Flood Insurance Program, will be leaving his post to lead the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, FEMA and the institute announced today.

Two of the country's leading professional associations for journalists are sounding the alarm about the exclusion of several media outlets from U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's remarks Tuesday.

The Bonneville Power Administration could knock down four dams on the Snake River to help endangered salmon and still provide reliable power to the Pacific Northwest, according to a new study from a renewable energy advocacy group.

A leading advocacy group for biofuels is demanding greater openness from U.S. EPA and the Department of Energy about the Trump administration's decision to ease the federal ethanol blending mandate for more than two dozen refineries.

A coalition of attorneys general sued U.S. EPA today, bidding to force the regulation of methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources.

Environmentalists, communication workers and a watchdog group are back in court trying to knock down President Trump's executive order requiring agencies to scrap two regulations for every new one created.

One bear in Glacier National Park has hit the snooze button on hibernation, according to live camera feeds.

Scientists in Antarctica are celebrating their first harvest after growing a crop of vegetables without dirt, sunlight or pesticides. The haul included 8 pounds of greens, 18 cucumbers and 70 radishes.

Alfred Crosby, an academic known as the "father of environmental history," has died at age 87.

Wyoming officials want to reduce the population of the state's grizzly bears found on the fringes of their range, outside areas with federal restrictions on hunting.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today named the Louisiana pine snake a threatened species, while limiting some protections in a way that could foreshadow future actions on other species.

The House Ethics Committee said it will continue to look into potential misspent funds by Tennessee Republican Rep. John Duncan.

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship said yesterday that the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into his prosecution for mine safety violations.

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