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A government watchdog group alleges Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke may have violated federal law by creating an industry-stacked advisory committee whose members could benefit by privatizing work done by the National Park Service.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has not driven much since taking over the Republican caucus. His Chevrolet Suburban sat unused in his home state of Wisconsin for about three years.

ClearPath Action Fund, the right-leaning clean money advocacy group, has endorsed Republican Michigan Rep. Fred Upton in his re-election bid.

EPA is defending how it handles Freedom of Information Act requests after coming under increasing criticism from the top Democratic watchdog in the House.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) on Friday led a multistate coalition in urging EPA acting chief Andrew Wheeler to withdraw an order on high-emission trucks.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has ended its review of a first round of disputed changes to EPA's 2015 coal ash disposal regulations, meaning the final version could be made public shortly.

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk is defending his environmental credentials after documents revealed he gave thousands of dollars to a political action committee supporting Republican control of the House.

The Bureau of Land Management took 14 years to consider and, finally, reject a California company's proposal for geothermal energy leases on a crucial Navy training range.

For Democrats and environmentalists, President Trump's Supreme Court announcement last week set off another round of what-could-have-been if the Senate had allowed Merrick Garland's nomination to move forward.

CUYAMA VALLEY, Calif. -- Virtually all of the state's groundwater problems come to a head in this slender valley, where locals say agribusiness and Harvard University's endowment fund control the implementation of a new law intended to solve aquifer problems. "It feels like the fox is guarding the henhouse," one said.

Construction of a 19-mile bridge from Hong Kong to China is threatening pale pink dolphins native to the area, according to marine experts.

Thein Maung clawed his way out of a landslide in northern Myanmar on Saturday afternoon. Dozens of others weren't so lucky.

An Idaho hiker's photos with mountain goats encourage behavior that's dangerous and irresponsible, according to state and local officials and the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.

Home water softeners are responsible for more than 150,000 tons a year of the salt that gets into Minnesota's water bodies, says a study by the University of Minnesota.

An explosion caused by the interaction of hot lava with much cooler seawater injured 23 people yesterday on a Hawaii tour boat. Twenty-two suffered minor injuries when molten rock crashed through the roof, and one woman broke her thigh bone.

Washington, D.C., officials did not send wireless alerts to cellphones or issue "reverse 911" calls to landlines to warn the nearly 100,000 residents affected by potential water contamination last week.

In a Mexican town with scarce drinking water, many residents have started drinking Coca-Cola — a trend with devastating public health consequences.

As aviation startups forge ahead with reintroducing super-fast flights, a new study warns of the environmental consequences.

In March 2017, radioactive materials that can be used to make weapons were stolen after two Idaho National Laboratory security agents left the dangerous material in the back seat of a rental car outside a San Antonio hotel, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

Navajo Nation leaders say they have started talks with the possible new owner of a coal-fired power plant on tribal land in Arizona.

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