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High amounts of organic pollutants and heavy metals are threatening the pink dolphin populations of the Pearl River estuary in China, researchers said.

The invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle has been discovered in Hawaii.

For years, Roxanne Quimby has tried to create a national park in Maine.

The Humane Society of the United States today recognized former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's (D) work as an advocate against horse slaughter.

Conservation and sporting groups are raising concerns about a proposal under review by the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and natural gas leases this summer in north-central Colorado's sensitive North Park area.

NAPLES, Fla. -- The Fish and Wildlife Service will later this month begin acquiring land and purchasing conservation easements in a bid to build a 150,000-acre national wildlife refuge in the headwaters of the Everglades, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said yesterday at an annual conference on Everglades restoration.

For the first time in history, a majority of the members of Congress are millionaires, new numbers show.

Opening the Atlantic Ocean to modern oil and gas surveying could reveal significantly larger mineral deposits and would help companies drill more safely and efficiently, according to House Natural Resources Committee Republicans and witnesses who testified at a hearing this morning.

U.S. EPA staff involved in writing the newly published carbon dioxide rule for future power plants did not anticipate House Republicans' charge that its mandate for coal-fired power plants violates a 2005 energy law, according to internal emails released by the agency this week as part of the rule's docket.

Michael Brower, who today was named the new president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, started his career flying missions for the Navy, like his predecessor leading the organization.

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a way to quadruple the life of a battery technology that could be the key to enabling electric vehicles and grid-level storage to become mainstream.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signaled the severity of the water shortages yesterday by devoting a significant portion of his proposed $154.9 billion budget to shoring up water management and infrastructure.

The U.S. attorney in West Virginia said his office and other federal officials have opened an investigation into a spill of a chemical used in coal production into the Elk River that has effectively shut down Charleston, W.Va., the state's capital.

Anthony Cugini, the former head of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, was found dead Wednesday in a conservation area in Upper St. Clair, Pa., just south of Pittsburgh, police said.

Steel factories and thermal power plants in eastern China frequently exceed national emissions standards, according to a study by a Beijing environmental group.

South Korea's energy ministry today said it plans to cut its reliance on nuclear power to 29 percent of the nation's energy supply by 2035.

California's Department of Public Health last week launched a new database that gives customers the ability to check whether their favorite personal care items contain toxic chemicals.

A group of Malibu, Calif., teachers whose classrooms underwent an environmental cleanup late last year have refused to return to their classrooms, citing a continued fear that the rooms contain chemicals that could make them ill.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) has proposed imposing more aggressive restrictions on companies that store petroleum coke, a refinery byproduct, in the state.

Schools in a South Texas town have been shut down because of a water billing battle between the town and the school district.

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