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A tiny German archipelago in the North Sea is experiencing a rebirth thanks to offshore wind.

Even as more shark attacks are being reported, the risk of a single individual being bitten by a shark could be much lower than expected, scientists say.

A 5-year-old girl died Friday after being struck by a sturgeon that leapt onto her family's boat in northern Florida.

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) appointed a Republican state senator and former mining executive to lead Idaho's Department of Environmental Quality last month, drawing criticism from some conservation groups but not others.

Subsistence walrus hunters in Alaska are not harvesting nearly as much food as they once did, leaving villagers wringing their hands, unsure of where to turn without a vital food and economic resource.

City officials in Florida are at odds over a decision by the Florida League of Cities, which represents more than 400 municipal governments, to file a legal brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject adding a proposed constitutional amendment before voters.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has been spilling over the border, carried by the jet stream into the western and midwestern United States.

More than 60 Iowa municipalities have faced high nitrogen levels in their drinking water in the past five years, according to state data.

An insecticide linked to the decline of honeybees and other pollinators can take several days to degrade in water when present just inches below the surface, a new study has found.

A stolen Bureau of Land Management handgun was the weapon used in a recent San Francisco pier shooting, a case that has gained national attention because the alleged shooter is an illegal immigrant.

The country's largest federal employee union has begun running ads targeting the Office of Personnel Management over the massive data breach that compromised private information for millions of federal employees.

The Navy has unveiled a plan for teaching every service member about the importance of energy efficiency.

Wyoming regulators will let Peabody Energy Corp. provide its own financial assurances for three operations in the state, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

California's state parks system has shut off beach showers in a bid to save water.

A Southern California water district has ended a popular rebate program for customers who replace their lawns with artificial turf after its budget ran out.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) will order state agencies to review their water usage and draft plans to conserve water, a spokesman said yesterday.

The state of Texas is once again suing U.S. EPA, this time over how the state handles pollution from industrial plants during startups, shutdowns and equipment malfunctions.

Federal judges this week rejected a bid from conservationists to force more stringent water quality standards in Florida.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) filed suit yesterday against U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, making Oklahoma the 28th state to challenge the Obama administration's new water regulation.

The Bureau of Land Management publicly released a letter raising 18 outstanding health and safety issues ahead of this year's Burning Man festival, an unusual step as the agency's fight with the organizers of the counterculture event rages on.

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