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California regulators are looking into allegations that Tesla Inc. fostered unsafe workplace conditions at its Fremont facility, which manufactures Model 3 sedans.

A NOAA research vessel crashed Monday in Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal.

The Bureau of Land Management cannot account for thousands of dollars in gift cards intended for "official purchases," Interior's Office of Inspector General has found.

Researchers have developed a new sponge-like material that could be used to soak up oil spills.

The Air Force yesterday announced a nearly $1 million effort to clean up the toxic chemicals from its firefighting foam in Colorado's Widefield aquifer.

Officials in Puerto Rico are blaming the islandwide power outage that hit yesterday on an excavator.

The prolonged battle over the weedkiller dicamba continues in Arkansas after local courts allowed some farmers to ignore a state ban on spraying the chemical during the summer.

ORLANDO, Fla. — EPA's air chief today said the Trump administration has not made a decision on what to do with Obama-era standards limiting mercury and other air toxics emissions from power plants.

In Puget Sound, two males have fathered more than half the orcas born since 1990, leaving scientists concerned about inbreeding.

The same ocean currents that brought exotic species to the Galápagos Islands are now bringing something less welcome: heaps of trash from other countries.

An environmental group is plotting a logging operation to save California's historic old-growth redwood trees.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is directing his department to boost outdoor recreation and improve access to public lands.

House Energy and Commerce Committee spokesman Dan Schneider is leaving his post after three years.

The U.S. Geological Survey would take over responsibility for the nation's flood maps under a new bill that highlights current problems but could also roil the bureaucratic waters.

The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning passed another batch of nominees for open federal court seats, including a veteran of pollution cases.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute said in a report released today that federal regulations cost the U.S. economy $1.9 trillion each year — a conclusion fiercely disputed by the think tank's critics.

Ya-Wei Li is moving on after nearly eight years as a leading conservation advocate with the Defenders of Wildlife.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has won recognition for his sway in Washington — although not with kind words from one of his predecessors.

The newest senior science adviser in EPA's Office of Water spent six years studying the kinds of wetlands and waterways the Trump administration wants to write out of federal regulations.

A disease that kills millions of pigs a year may soon meet its match — if two federal agencies can agree on the idea.

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