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The Army set out to develop lead-free bullets to protect the environment. The finished product achieved that goal -- and produced the most lethal rifle round to date.

Whether the Obama administration will win over industry critics with its revised final water rule remains to be seen. But one thing is clear: Environmental groups are in a tough spot.

Climate change has claimed a canine victim: a Jack Russell terrier named Ali.

Fears are subsiding along with floodwaters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi after officials reported all the city zoo's lions and tigers were dead and there was little hope for the last unaccounted-for jaguar.

The Netherlands is using portable gas chambers to control the ballooning population of geese in the country.

A large tree-clearing project in northeastern Australia was halted Friday to belatedly assess its environmental impact.

North Korea's state-run news agency said today the country is struggling with its worst drought in 100 years, as its main rice-producing regions suffer from lack of rainfall.

Shark experts called a North Carolina beach town's preparations to euthanize sharks exhibiting "aggressive behavior" after a pair of attacks "foolhardy" and "just plain stupid."

A Georgia forest is the unlikely home of thousands of deceased autos, in a sort of junkyard where vines and trees consume decayed cars.

Marijuana sold in Oregon often contains pesticides even when labels say otherwise, tests show.

Advocacy groups are protesting the presence of scientists with chemical industry ties on a U.N. expert panel on pesticide safety.

The daughters of women exposed to DDT while pregnant are four times more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study.

The Obama administration is directing agencies to bolster cybersecurity measures in the wake of a hack that targeted a database with personnel records for 4 million federal employees.

Poor management at the Bureau of Indian Affairs has played a key role in crippling energy development in Indian Country, according to a Government Accountability Office report released yesterday.

Chemical Safety Board member Rick Engler has been granted new executive authority with a written vote conducted in private last week.

Some business owners say Houston is still seeing good times, even though the price of oil has dropped significantly in the last year.

A biofuel plant in Wisconsin did not live up to utility projections, raising questions about the plant's viability.

Just weeks after flooding killed 30 people in the state, Texas is bracing for another bout of heavy rains.

Private investors have sunk more than $1.3 billion into advanced nuclear power plants, according to a new report.

Fort Hood, Texas -- the nation's largest active-duty military base -- announced plans today for tapping solar and wind energy.

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