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Some of the most prized vintage Chevrolet Corvettes were swallowed by a 40-foot sinkhole that opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., yesterday

A dispute over Colorado's water policy yesterday caused three state lawmakers to walk out of a meeting with local environmental leaders.

NEW YORK -- It's Fashion Week in the Big Apple, and there's talk about recycling.

People should not eat fish caught near the location of a recent coal ash spill on North Carolina's Dan River, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.

The Washington State Department of Ecology yesterday said it will conduct an extensive review of what could become North America's largest coal export terminal.

Makers of chemicals used in adhesives, ink, paint, disinfectants and fragrances are jumping into the debate over biofuels.

A section of a train carrying crude oil derailed this morning in western Pennsylvania, officials said.

A blast from a ruptured natural gas pipeline in Knifley, Ky., has destroyed homes and vehicles, authorities said, and at least one person was taken to a hospital with injuries.

Farmers can keep pace with the expected increase in global population and climate change by adopting a suite of technologies, according to the results of a three-year study.

A father and son who operate a northern Wisconsin potato farm face $100,000 each in fines and as much as a year in prison when a judge sentences the pair in May.

The Huron Mountain Club, a group of landowners in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt development of a nickel and copper mine near Lake Superior.

Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the coal ash spill last week from a Duke Energy Corp. power plant into the Dan River in northern North Carolina.

A second giraffe could be killed at a Denmark zoo just days after a similar incident at the Copenhagen Zoo sparked international outrage. The two giraffes coincidentally have the same name: Marius.

A former poacher in the Republic of the Congo is now helping lead a conservation effort to save the nation's elephant population.

Communities in Honduras are struggling to conserve dwindling forests as almost nonexistent government oversight has fueled a spike in illegal logging, ranching and land speculating.

The only thing standing between Colorado and extensive flood recovery is a tiny mouse with kangaroo-proportioned feet.

Yellowstone National Park officials have handed over 20 bison to a Montana Indian tribe for slaughter as part of a program to drastically cull the most genetically pure bison population in the United States.

The first significant storm of the wet season provided some relief to parched Central California this week, but the region still needs three or more such storms to come back to normal, according to this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.

FWS proposes delisting small Western fish

A security think tank launched an environmental crimes program yesterday, as part of a growing effort to look beyond the conservationist movement to combat wildlife trafficking.

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