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A North Dakota wildlife official said an area where the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers meet hasn't been fully cleared of oil.

Air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people around the world each year, according to a report published today by the World Health Organization.

The European Environment Agency yesterday said 11 E.U. nations exceeded air pollution limits in 2012, though air pollution overall had declined.

The energy-efficient homes of the future could run on electric and hydrogen-powered car batteries.

An industry group offered a rebuttal yesterday to a Natural Resources Defense Council analysis that shows that an ambitious but flexible existing power plant rule for carbon dioxide emissions wouldn't drive up power costs.

For its investigation into Duke Energy Corp., North Carolina has hired an attorney who previously worked for the utility giant on a separate case.

The refining company Phillips 66 has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and retire more than 21 billion sulfur credits in a case that U.S. EPA said yesterday showed the company failed to meet reporting and record-keeping requirements for sulfur in fuel.

Environmental groups yesterday notified U.S. EPA that they intend to sue the agency over its approval of a new pesticide because of the potential harm to endangered species such as butterflies and fish.

The death toll has climbed to 14 as rescuers discovered six more bodies in the mud and debris from a landslide that swallowed houses in rural Washington state. And officials now count 176 reports of people missing.

Yellowstone National Park has scrapped an expensive plan to vaccinate bison using absorbing bullets fired from air rifles.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is recommending that the state spend most of its new fisheries disaster funding on "reshelling" Apalachicola Bay to improve its oyster habitat.

Almost $1.1 billion in federal funds will go to state fish and wildlife agencies this year, thanks to tax revenues collected on recreational sports equipment and fuel.

Policing the nearly 2,000-mile southern U.S. border is a complicated scenario for federal agencies.

The Center for American Progress has hired a Washington, D.C.-based energy attorney to serve as its new deputy director for public lands.

Former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe (R) today picked up the backing of two influential conservative groups -- the Madison Project and the Club for Growth -- in his bid to unseat Texas Rep. Ralph Hall (R).

North Carolina voters want tough state and federal oversight of coal combustion waste following last month's spill, according to a new poll backed by the Sierra Club.

The House's top Republican watchdog is threatening to subpoena the White House for data about pricey and unused government properties.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday is scheduled to vote on two top-level Interior Department nominees, including Rhea Suh for assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks.

China has been using coal-fired power to fuel its economic development for decades. But there have been both environmental and human costs to the air pollution it generated.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit appeared skeptical this morning about forcing U.S. EPA to list coal mines as a pollution source under the Clean Air Act.

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