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At least a dozen federal agencies today signed an agreement to streamline the environmental permitting process, a White House official confirmed to E&E News.

Six park employees were killed yesterday in the worst-ever ambush in Congo's Virunga National Park.

An Idaho resident is facing a backlash after he scratched graffiti into the famous Corona Arch outside Moab, Utah, then posted a picture on social media with his wife and their three children.

The treasurer for National City, Calif., has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty and other misdemeanors by the San Diego County District Attorney's office.

The Washington State Department of Ecology has nixed a plan to use a neurotoxic pesticide on the state's oyster beds, saying it would be "too risky for Washington's environment."

The head of New York City's Housing Authority will resign at the end of April, following other top officials out the door.

Nestlé SA said today that it intends to make all its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.

Apple Inc. announced yesterday that its entire business now relies on clean energy, a milestone for the multinational tech giant.

Avoiding a potential court battle, U.S. EPA has reached a deal on cleaning up the San Jacinto Waste Pits, a Superfund site east of Houston that was damaged during Hurricane Harvey.

Emissions from oil and gas wells can increase cancer risk for those who live nearby, according to a new study of sites in northern Colorado.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not adequately vet contractors when awarding bids after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, according to an investigation by Democratic senators on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

U.S. EPA has issued a final rule keeping in place its two primary air quality standards for nitrogen oxides (NOx).

U.S. EPA has given a definitive thumbs-down to Connecticut's request for help in curbing ozone-forming emissions from a south-central Pennsylvania power plant.

Conservation groups and the state of California are appealing parts of a district court judge's ruling that cleared the way for President Trump's proposed border wall.

Exotic reptiles and amphibians have become such popular pet choices that an enormous illegal trade has developed, according to conservationists.

Michael Tessler lived out a horror movie to complete his most recent research project.

A Louisiana state fisheries panel approved a plan to allow farming of sterlet, Russian sturgeon that are currently banned in the state.

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify on Capitol Hill today, the company is coming under additional scrutiny for displaying advertisements on pages owned by illegal wildlife traffickers.

Regulatory rollbacks from the Trump administration and appropriations riders from Congress threaten seven of the country's 10 most endangered rivers, the nonprofit American Rivers said in a report released today.

Dutiful dogs and smelly wildlife poop can help conservationists check on animal populations that are vulnerable to poaching or other dangers, thanks to the work of University of Washington biologist Samuel Wasser.

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