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EPA today moved to make it harder for phased-out asbestos products to return to the market and took another step toward evaluating existing uses of the cancer-causing mineral and nine other dangerous chemicals.

A fight over a proposed tribal casino in California has illuminated some hectic Interior Department decisionmaking at the tail end of the Obama administration.

The White House is considering an Energy Department proposal to buy electricity from unidentified U.S. coal and nuclear power plants to prevent their "premature" retirement.

Chile will bar plastic bags at retail businesses, becoming the first nation in the Americas to do so.

A cargo ship dropped 83 containers during rough waters last week in Australia, sparking concerns over shipping and whale safety.

Vietnam plans to more than triple its renewable energy output, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Reuters.

After a five-day attempt to save a whale found in Thailand, a necropsy found about 80 pieces of plastic trash in its stomach.

A large volcanic eruption in Guatemala poured lava into rural towns yesterday, killing at least 25 people.

As California's wine country continues to recover from last fall's devastating wildfires, new efforts are helping blind and visually impaired people get ready for future disasters.

An Idaho junior high biology teacher has been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty over accusations that he fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students.

Hundreds of protesters stood outside the United Nations in New York on Saturday to demand an audit of the number of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria.

The administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) does not want Superfund status for a contaminated former DuPont Co. munitions site, a disappointment for nearby residents.

A federal court in Washington, D.C., won't reconsider a recent ruling upholding EPA's decision to place a Colorado mining district on a list of the nation's most hazardous sites.

To Maryland and Delaware, ozone-forming emissions from out-of-state power plants are unneighborly violations of the Clean Air Act.

A federal appeals court Friday dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Texas against several federal agencies over the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Pope Francis is expected to huddle with former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and a host of oil executives at a two-day conference Friday and Saturday to discuss climate change.

Carbon dioxide emissions from the global energy sector increased for the first time in four years in 2017, despite record amounts of renewables coming online.