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Small forest landowners own almost half of all of Oregon's private forests.

A study out of Purdue University could ease fears about at least one genetically modified organism: GloFish.

Beekeepers experienced their second-highest colony losses last year, according to an annual survey of honeybees released this morning.

Organic food producers hoping for better research and public education are asking the Agriculture Department to allow a "checkoff" program.

The American Chemistry Council continues to argue it had nothing to do with an industry lobbying effort that claimed to be grass roots in its successful opposition of legislation banning potentially ineffective and toxic flame retardants in furniture.

The U.S. nuclear power industry has invested billions in infrastructure and safety upgrades since Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster but is still facing regulatory challenges as it looks to expand domestic generation, a top industry executive said today.

Senators of both parties this morning expressed concerns over potential land-use restrictions in the Bureau of Land Management's upcoming sage grouse plans.

Ten members of Congress and 32 staffers enjoyed an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference on the Caspian Sea, and three former top Obama administration aides were paid speakers at the 2013 event secretly paid for by Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post.

A White House proposal for knitting climate change into National Environmental Policy Act reviews came under fire today in a House hearing.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and a dozen of her colleagues today introduced legislation to end a 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil.

There is no single cheap or easy solution to the looming crisis facing the parched Colorado River Basin, according to a federal report released yesterday.

A member of an influential California commission overseeing $2.7 billion in water spending stepped down this week after pressure from environmentalists over his position on building a dam.

House Appropriations Committee Democrats today questioned deep spending cuts for Amtrak and other transportation programs in the wake of last night's train derailment outside Philadelphia that killed at least six people and injured hundreds more (see related story).

Wildlife crime in the United States is almost always prosecuted as a misdemeanor. "Somebody could take an AK-47 and just shoot up a pod of pilot whales," said Paul Raymond, a retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigator. "That's the same as a traffic offense." According to Fish and Wildlife Service data obtained by Greenwire, federal agents have seized 16,885 ivory specimens and an additional 92 kilograms of elephant ivory since 1999. But criminal charges are rare. The average sentence for getting caught with ivory: three days in jail, five days of probation and a $320 fine.

An area of Pakistan facing chronic issues with access to clean drinking water is about to launch an innovative solution to increase access to safe water.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has released a report saying that while Japan has made "good progress" at cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site, it could improve its management of radioactive waste and contaminated water.

After years of stalling under federal pressure, Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill to curb water runoff from farm fields and paved roads in an effort to help clean Lake Champlain.

The Department of Agriculture today announced $6.5 million to help Great Plains farmers and ranchers who rely on the steadily declining Ogallala Aquifer to preserve their main water source.

With bargain supermarkets jumping on the organics bandwagon, Whole Foods Market is finding it hard to keep up.

Companies looking to show consumers that their products are free of genetically modified ingredients can now apply for a new certification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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