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The federal government and a regional EPA office sued Mount Vernon, N.Y., yesterday, accusing the city of Clean Water Act violations.

Mountain Valley Pipeline announced today that it will stop work on the natural gas pipeline in Virginia after reports of erosion at construction sites.

Arizona will form a plan this year to combat water shortages in the Colorado River, state water officials announced yesterday.

Light pollution is sending some animals fleeing for the dark, while others are confused by the artificial lights.

The Chinese government is making an effort to protect giant panda habitat, and a study says the effort is paying off.

New seafood tariffs from China could harm the United States' shark fin industry.

After donating $800 to President Trump's campaign in 2016, Thom Dammrich had high hopes, predicting a new Republican administration would usher in a "golden age" for both the boating industry and the U.S. economy.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity named a new leader today but is also creating a role for its departing chief.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met this morning in San Francisco with Mary Nichols, head of the California Air Resources Board, about greenhouse gas standards for light-duty vehicles.

Democratic lawmakers are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for possible insider trading over his holdings in a liquefied natural gas transport company with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The House Science, Space and Technology Committee's top Democrat is weary of the panel chairman using his gavel to undermine climate science.

An environmental group is challenging a proposed project that the Interior Department says will protect greater sage grouse habitat by removing western juniper trees from hundreds of thousands of acres in southwest Idaho.

A front-runner to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has a complicated history with the Clinton family that might subtly nudge his prospects within a Clinton-bashing White House.

Major interstate water disputes highlighted a Supreme Court term that was generally light on environmental law.

A massive algal bloom is once again threatening Florida's coast during peak tourism months.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) on Friday vetoed a bill that would weaken state law keeping oceangoing cargo ships from dumping their untreated ballast water in his state. He also signed a law creating a private industry panel for Michigan's environmental oversight agency.

Restaurants and grocery stores in Seattle can no longer offer straws after Seattle yesterday became the first big U.S. city to ban them.

A funeral Friday honored a firefighter who worked at the site of the World Trade Center attacks for nine months after 9/11.

A Harvard University study finding a greater prevalence of breast and skin cancer in flight attendants has prompted a union representing the workers to call for action to protect its members' health.

U.S. Steel Corp. has been fined more than $1 million over air pollution from the Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke plant in North America.

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