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Scientists have discovered a surprising consequence of Arctic climate change: Melting sea ice may release a large volume of frozen plastic waste into the ocean.

EPA has created a new national office to help handle its Freedom of Information Act requests.

The Interior Department is stepping up its anti-harassment efforts, with an expansive new policy spurred by some harsh employee assessments of their workplace.

A conservative and a liberal stood side by side in June 2016 as President Obama signed into law the senators' hard-fought compromise legislation to overhaul the nation's bedrock chemical safety law for the first time in its 40-year history. But the common ground that made reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act possible eroded quickly.

Singapore Zoo veterinarians euthanized the world's first tropics-born polar bear today after a health check revealed it was not recovering from age-related ailments.

Eight months after Kenya instituted the world's harshest ban on plastic bags, authorities are hailing it as a success.

An illegal oil well went up in flames today in northern Indonesia, killing at least 18 people and injuring around 40 others.

In an effort to slash carbon emissions, the Canadian government is considering replacing the Centennial Flame — a popular tourist attraction — with LED lights.

BP PLC's chief executive yesterday encouraged the United Kingdom's Cambridge University not to divest from fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate change activists.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is in Beijing this week to meet with the Chinese Ministry of Transport on infrastructure, technology and safety.

California Republicans say they have gathered at least 830,000 signatures for a ballot initiative to repeal recent increases in the state gas tax and vehicle fees.

Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, the head of EPA chief Scott Pruitt's personal security detail, worked during the 2016 election as a private investigator for a tabloid company with close links to President Trump, The New York Times reported.

The United Kingdom yesterday broke the 55-hour record it set just last week for hours without using any coal-powered electricity.

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. today formally told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it plans to close three nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania in the next three years.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's comprehensive review of natural gas policy will likely open a new chapter in a long debate over how the agency weighs the environmental impacts of pipeline projects.

Drowned lands in Louisiana are opening up a fight over ownership in waterways accessible by boats.

The Democratic activist charged with assaulting Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift chose today to face trial rather than accept a deal offered by prosecutors.

Wyoming officials have proposed allowing hunters to kill more wolves than in any other modern season in this year's hunt.

The wild population of endangered red wolves in the United States could be wiped out within the next 10 years, the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a report yesterday.

The Bureau of Land Management has concluded that it needs to conduct more environmental analysis and will defer offering 223 parcels covering more than 100,000 acres in Montana in a planned June 12 lease sale.

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