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A federal court yesterday ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to pay nearly $25 million and sentenced a former manager to a year in prison for committing environmental crimes.

Insects continue to die in wetland grasses along Louisiana's coast that was oiled during the 2010 BP PLC oil spill, a researcher said.

The mining industry in Australia is pushing back against the World Wildlife Fund and its campaign to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

The Fish and Wildlife Service recently granted Idaho a permit to kill 4,000 ravens over the next two years in an effort to boost the greater sage grouse's chances of survival.

The migratory patterns of leatherback sea turtles have been a mystery that has long baffled researchers.

Three U.S. fisheries discard 64 percent or more of their catch, according to a new report released by ocean advocates.

Quick and decisive action is needed to save the Colorado River Basin in the face of severe drought and a warming climate, according to a new report that summarizes interviews with government experts and other stakeholders across the basin that provides water for 36 million people.

An Alaska state court has ruled against a local ballot initiative that was intended to block the Pebble copper and gold mine in the southwestern part of the state.

Federal and state agencies, conservationists, and residents are blasting the Bureau of Land Management's preliminary review of a utility-scale solar power project in the Southern California desert, saying BLM failed to fully calculate impacts and must reject the project as proposed.

House Republicans hammered California and federal water managers yesterday on their response to the Golden State's continuing drought, charging that they haven't done enough to ensure water supplies for farmers.

Partisanship in Congress has stalled locally supported conservation bills for decades, stifling the protection of treasured landscapes and thwarting potential economic development, according to a report released today by conservation groups and touted by a bipartisan duo of former lawmakers.

The North American Free Trade Agreement is responsible for significant environmental damages in the United States, Mexico and Canada over the past two decades, a new study shows.

The League of Conservation Voters today named former U.S. EPA chief and Obama administration climate adviser Carol Browner as chairwoman of its board of directors, adding political power to its roster as greens reach a new crossroads in their relationship with the White House.

The American Federation of Government Employees this week launched a campaign aimed at boosting public appreciation for federal employees.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to restructure the National Weather Service for the first time in more than 20 years, but union officials are questioning the agency's plan to cut almost $27 million from the NWS operating budget next year.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today unveiled a series of proposals to better align the country's increasingly gas-dependent electric grid with an expanding pipeline complex, a move aimed at preventing gas outages and rolling blackouts that have hit the Southeast in past years.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- The Bureau of Land Management took a big step yesterday toward updating 34-year-old regulations governing the oil and gas industry's venting and flaring of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's chief of staff, Laura Daniel-Davis, will be leaving her post at the end of April after serving more than five years with the agency, according to Interior sources.

President Obama has packed cash for state air regulators in his U.S. EPA budget proposal, pointing to a leading role for states in shaping rules for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants.

Colorado officials are backing a proposed study of the health impacts of oil and gas drilling, despite objections from industry groups who say the plan would be bad for business.

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