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The Department of Energy has created an informal public comment process for a proposed emergency order to keep financially stressed coal-fired and nuclear power plants running in the eastern U.S.

California officials have joined environmental groups in suing to stymie the Trump administration's decision to scrap a long-standing EPA policy intended to limit industrial pollution.

A new "no discharge zone" has been designated in Puget Sound, blocking recreational and commercial vessels from releasing treated or untreated sewage into the waters.

Bighorn sheep have rebounded across North America in recent years.

The frequently embattled Endangered Species Act may have notched a morale-boosting victory as the Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing the Kirtland's warbler from strict federal protections.

California Gov. Jerry Brown endorsed fellow Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein's re-election campaign yesterday.

Don Blankenship, the former coal boss who went to prison for violating mine safety standards, did not submit a financial disclosure required for his U.S. Senate bid.

Retired Speaker of the House John Boehner has a surprising new gig: adviser to a marijuana firm.

The House Natural Resources Committee today approved a series of public lands and natural resources bills, including a much-debated proposal to block a federal judge's ruling mandating more water be released from dams into Pacific Northwest rivers to help in the recovery of endangered salmon.

New Mexico Democratic Sen. Tom Udall is pressing to delay confirmation votes for EPA deputy administrator nominee Andrew Wheeler, arguing that agency chief Scott Pruitt's ethics woes make it likely that the deputy will end up in charge of the agency.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today told House appropriators that a forthcoming watchdog report on his travel spending will prove he complied with the law.

Southern California's largest water provider voted yesterday to spend nearly $11 billion to fund Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) ambitious plan to overhaul the state's water system.

The Interior Department's controversial reassignments of senior staffers last year were poorly documented and left some officials in the dark, the Office of Inspector General has concluded.

EPA's senior counsel for ethics, Justina Fugh, sat down in a movie theater on a Thursday night nearly two weeks ago, and then her work phone buzzed.

The decision by Speaker Paul Ryan to retire at the end of this Congress only underscores the uncertainly over whether the GOP will retain its House majority this fall and sets off fierce jockeying over who will lead the House Republicans in 2019.

A young, 33-foot sperm whale found dead off the coast of Spain in February had 64 pounds of trash in its digestive system.

New Zealand will stop granting new permits for offshore oil and gas exploration, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.

Flight attendants on Hawaiian Airlines will hand out safe sunscreen samples this month to educate tourists about the environmental effects many sunscreens have on marine life.