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John Wright, a former Department of the Interior spokesman, died Friday after a brief illness. He was 63. Former colleagues remembered Wright as an influential presence who was always professional…

After the state of Colorado alleged that ConocoPhillips Co. illegally took $70.7 million in state funds last year, the two parties have agreed to settle. The state claimed that the…

Cellulosic biofuels can become profitable for farmers and help displace oil, but they must use already-available agricultural land, according to a study released by a nonprofit yesterday. Commissioned by the…

U.S. EPA is threatening to sue an aging tank farm in San Pedro, Calif., that stores up to 25 million gallons of flammable butane. EPA recently inspected the 80-foot-tall tanks…

A federal judge has denied BP PLC's motion to eliminate the possibility of a guilty finding on gross negligence charges over the company's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. If…

Federal appellate judges in Richmond, Va., are hearing oral arguments today about Army Corps of Engineers permitting for mountaintop-removal coal mines. At issue is a Clean Water Act Section 404…

Scientists can use small amounts of radiation in bluefin tuna to map the passage of the fish through the Pacific Ocean, a new study says. Populations of bluefin tuna have…

Hunters have killed 3,500 reindeer on an island near Antarctica to protect native species. The reindeer were introduced to South Georgia from Norway about 100 years ago and have become…

Officials in a rural northeastern Nevada county have approved a test project aimed at preventing the sage grouse from being listed under the Endangered Species Act. The project involves protecting…

The Capitol Hill debate over gun control has spurred firearm sales in what might be a windfall for wildlife conservation programs, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research…

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Interior Department's approval of a logging and road building plan in Montana, which they argue would harm endangered grizzly bears and…

The Agriculture Department is advising farmers and ranchers to take some precautionary steps to protect cropland and ranchland in the face of expected drought conditions across the West. The USDA's…

A low-lying road built with Ford Model T's in mind that has been keeping water from flowing south into the lower Everglades for almost a century is about to be…

Former California Rep. Mary Bono Mack has joined Washington, D.C., lobbying shop FaegreBD Consulting. Bono Mack, a Republican and the widow of pop star and former Congressman Sonny Bono, served…

As lawmakers prep the reauthorizations of water and rail programs amid ongoing budget debates, the American Society of Civil Engineers today gave the country's infrastructure a D+ grade, noting an…

The Obama administration wouldn't accept expanded oil and gas drilling on federal lands or offshore to fund the president's proposed Energy Security Trust, a top White House adviser said today.…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Sally Jewell for Interior secretary, a sign that a majority of the panel…

An Idaho couple's legal fight against U.S. EPA's Clean Water Act regulatory authority that ended last year with a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in their favor has inspired a murder…

Philadelphia is looking for private-sector financing for the city's groundbreaking "green infrastructure" plan for cleansing polluted stormwater. The Philadelphia cleanup scheme -- which uses vegetation instead of traditional mortar-and-steel infrastructure…

A crippled California nuclear plant could be restarted and run safely at full power, but after 11 months the risk of a radiation leak would rise to unacceptably high levels,…

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