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The bald eagle population in South Dakota has risen above the threshold for removing the bird from the state's list of threatened species, according to the state Department of Game, Fish and Parks.

Southern California officials have tightened requirements for toxic emissions at dozens of facilities after new guidelines estimated the cancer risk from the contaminants is three times higher than once thought.

California officials have cut 8 miles of track from the first phase of construction of the state's new high-speed rail line amid legal disputes with municipalities.

The Energy Department and Edison Electric Institute are formally teaming up to promote the spread of electric vehicle technology under an agreement signed this morning at the electric utility trade group's annual convention, held this year in New Orleans.

The Department of Energy's internal watchdog has found several delays in cleaning up the agency's now-closed gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Ky.

Swiss agriculture and chemical giant Syngenta AG rebuffed another takeover approach from U.S. rival Monsanto Co. on terms similar to a previous rejected bid.

While many celebrated international doughnut day Friday with complimentary baked goods, Enbridge Inc. allies celebrated with boycotts and picket lines.

The public comment period ended Friday for the controversial settlement between New Jersey and Exxon Mobil Corp over environmental damage.

A former BP PLC executive was acquitted by a federal jury Friday of charges of lying to federal officials about the amount of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in April 2010.

The Supreme Court won't review a swaggering anti-whaling group's appeal of a lower court's decision that equated its activities to piracy.

A Seattle-based bottom trawl fleet will have to cut by 25 percent the amount of halibut it catches and discards while pursuing other species of fish, a federal council ruled.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed several trails and backcountry campsites after a black bear attacked an Ohio teen Saturday in the North Carolina portion of the half-million-acre park.

An unexplored South Dakota cave is offering scientists a rare look into thousands of years of climate history, according to researchers who started excavating the entrance today.

Sandbars are re-emerging in the Grand Canyon after three straight years of experimental flooding designed to let sediments flow more freely in the Colorado River.

The U.S. Forest Service warned last month that the "dramatic decline" of Alexander Archipelago wolves could impede a long-running plan to allow a logging company to cut centuries-old trees from the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska.

The head of California's Department of Conservation resigned last week as questions swirled over the agency's oversight of oil field water contamination.

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement Director Joseph Pizarchik is recommending that West Virginia seek federal help in reviewing the potential health and environmental impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has listed updating the federal government's regulation of toxic chemicals among his top legislative priorities this summer in what appear to be his first public comments on the pending Senate legislation.

The federal government should help California deal with its drought by assisting with water storage and with technologies like water recycling and desalination, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said this week.

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