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More than 200 environmental groups are urging the Senate to reject CIA Director and former House member Mike Pompeo to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of State.

President Trump has tapped an oil and gas lawyer and former state natural resources official to serve as an Alaska federal judge.

A top White House adviser who fielded questions about climate change, tackled natural disasters and worked to ramp up cybersecurity for the Trump administration resigned today.

U.S. EPA's chief of staff has taken responsibility for signing off on controversial pay raises for two of Administrator Scott Pruitt's aides.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development released today its largest-ever grant to prepare communities for natural disasters.

An Energy Department photographer who leaked pictures of a private meeting between Secretary Rick Perry and coal executive Bob Murray last year has filed a new federal complaint seeking whistleblower protection for sharing "evidence of criminal corruption."

Senate Democrats called today for hearings to examine U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's expansive security detail, questioning whether the price of his around-the-clock protection is justified by threats against him.

Samantha Dravis, one of U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's closest aides, is now facing a review by the agency's inspector general.

For Idaho conservation officer Jacob Berl, it was an unusual Saturday night.

Three bald eagles were fatally shot last month in Oregon, the latest evidence of the state's widespread poaching problem.

The South Carolina House of Representatives yesterday killed a bill aimed at boosting solar energy in the state, a stunning reversal just days after the bill was approved by an overwhelming majority.

Citrus greening in Florida has progressed from "an acute to a chronic disease throughout the state," and a breakthrough cure is unlikely to be discovered, according to a new report.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the biggest brewer in the world, said it has pioneered a more environmentally friendly way to add bubbles to beer.

Newly documented deposits in Japan hold more than 16 million tons of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles and weapon systems.

EPA is now evaluating the skin irritation potential of some chemicals without testing them on animals.

EPA's internal watchdog will investigate the agency's compliance with President Trump's executive order directing agencies to kill two regulations for each new one issued.

The world's rivers are quickly getting clogged up with prescription drug waste, researchers told the European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna yesterday.

EPA's internal watchdog plans to take a look at the agency's oversight of smokestack emissions testing and reporting, with an initial focus on its four-state Pacific Northwest region.