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In the past week, rapidly moving lava has destroyed hundreds of homes in two low-lying Hawaii neighborhoods and vaporized the biggest freshwater lake in the state. U.S. Geological Survey officials said yesterday there is no way of knowing when the eruption will end, or whether new lava vents will open.

Americans are recycling less than in past years, according to a USA Today analysis.

The driver of a Tesla electric vehicle didn't have his hands on the steering wheel in the seconds before a fatal March crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new preliminary report.

For a year and a half, residents of Minden, W.Va., have begged state and federal officials to put their town on EPA's Superfund priority list, which would funnel funds and cleanup to the community.

A three-year effort to remove polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, and other toxic chemicals from the Hudson River near an old dye factory in Rensselaer, N.Y., will likely begin this month.

EPA today published a proposal for leaving its primary sulfur dioxide standard unchanged, signaling the near-completion of a review launched five years ago.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh yesterday unveiled a proposal aimed at helping cities drive down the cost of renewable energy.

The Interior Department yesterday announced plans to spend $4 million on construction projects to pave the way for potential oil and gas development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

California yesterday sued two companies over allegations of hazardous levels of lead in their toddler formula.

A utility says EPA did nothing to address Idaho's concerns about water temperature standards in a chinook salmon breeding ground below a Snake River hydroelectric complex.

A federal judge yesterday halted the Department of Energy's efforts to shut down construction at the long-delayed Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at South Carolina's Savannah River Site.

While Tornado Alley has been quiet this year, Wyoming has seen a spate of large twisters.

Federal officials yesterday signed off on a plan to rebuild the wolf population at Isle Royale National Park after three years of debate.

Southern California's largest water district is going to revote on whether to finance Gov. Jerry Brown's ambitious tunnels project after government watchdogs accused it of meeting illegally behind closed doors.

After getting lobbied hard by advocacy groups, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has decided to maintain a popular program that gives fourth-graders and their families free access to national parks.

Major industry players are breaking their silence to welcome EPA's controversial move to reconsider how it weighs the costs and benefits of rules.

The leader of the Obama-era EPA's press office has followed her old boss to Harvard University.

If you can convince him that climate change isn't real, Todd Tanner will give you his prized shotgun, his expensive fishing rods and maybe even his beloved pickup truck.

House Democrats are asking the Department of Justice to open up a corruption investigation into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

The House today approved a fiscal 2019 energy and water spending bill in a largely partisan vote that reflected Democrats' frustration with some of the legislation's language.

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