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Allowing Texas to implement U.S. EPA's plan to lower carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants more slowly would bring a steep cut in the amount of water consumed in the state, according to a new study from nonprofit research group CNA Corp.

After more than 16 years of litigation, a federal air pollution case against a western Maryland paper mill is nearing conclusion.

Lawyers for Don Blankenship say federal prosecutors are trying to "silence" the former Massey Energy Co. chief executive with criminal charges as retribution for producing a film criticizing the government's handling of a deadly 2010 mine explosion, according to recently unsealed court documents.

A judge overturned a state air quality permit issued to Rosemont Copper for a planned mine near Tucson, Ariz.

The Supreme Court today ruled that Amtrak is part of the government, in a complex dispute over setting standards for the railroad's on-time performance.

Miami-Dade County officials announced Friday that they want to buy an endangered forest as an attempt to derail plans for a Wal-Mart and big-box stores on 88 acres of the largest intact tract of rockland left outside Everglades National Park.

Denali National Park's air is some of the cleanest of the country's national parks, said scientists who monitor park air quality.

Large swaths of corals in the bay near the Port of Miami are being suffocated beneath sediment, according to government divers.

More famous for its music scene than its songbirds, Austin, Texas, is attracting surprising praise today from conservationists.

Most of the canned tuna sold in the United States is not "ocean safe," due to brands that do not follow adequate sustainability measures, according to Greenpeace.

An Arizona forest supervisor has been picked to lead the Tongass National Forest, the Earth's largest remaining temperate rainforest.

F. Ray Keyser Jr., the Republican former governor whose tenure marked a turning point for Vermont's transition from one of the most conservative states to among the most liberal, died Saturday. He was 87.

Florida environmental regulators have been ordered not to use the phrases "climate change" and "global warming," even as the phenomena continue to affect the state.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Potential Republican presidential contenders appearing this weekend at the first Iowa Agriculture Summit generally shared a common message: Get government out of farming.

Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) will join Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.

A dozen East Coast liberal senators today urged Interior Secretary Sally Jewell not to lease the Atlantic Ocean for oil and gas drilling, warning that even a 50-mile coastal buffer would not stop a catastrophic spill from soiling their states' beaches.

House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith is threatening to subpoena text messages and emails from U.S. EPA if the agency doesn't fork them over this week.