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U.S. EPA this week released new draft standards to protect aquatic life from the chemical element selenium, a process that has been years in the making.

Many national parks regularly experience unsafe levels of air pollution, as well as visibility-impairing haze, according to a study released today by advocacy group National Parks Conservation Association.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is seeking a meeting with the governors of New York and New Jersey to urge the long-stalled replacement of the Hudson River rail tunnels.

The U.S. Geological Survey has released an updated five-year strategy identifying six broad goals for its research for the rapidly changing Arctic climate.

Construction has officially begun on the nation's first offshore wind farm, hitting a milestone for an industry that has received many blows in the past year.

Rising global demand and poor weather in other growing areas are increasing the interest in Montana's pea crops.

University of Cambridge professor Peter Wadhams, a leading Arctic sea ice expert, has complained to the British Independent Press Standards Organisation that he was inaccurately quoted in a newspaper story claiming he believed three colleagues were murdered.

Warm water has killed nearly half of the sockeye salmon making their way up the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, an Oregon wildlife official said.

A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a California law banning the sale, distribution and possession of shark fins.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is trying a new tactic.

A Zimbabwe conservation organization is blaming a U.S. man for killing the famous lion Cecil.

The nation's busiest national park is set to exceed what already was a busy year in 2014.

The European Space Agency's newest satellite is set to go into full operation in October.

In April, one of the most notorious illegal fishing vessels, the Thunder, sank off the coast of Nigeria. The sinking marked the culmination of a 110-day chase by the self-described eco-vigilante organization Sea Shepherd.

The Obama administration's impending crackdown on ivory sales isn't fazing many vendors in California, where dealers rely on what critics say is intentional mislabeling of ivory products.

Congressional "attacks" on the Endangered Species Act are up 600 percent since Republicans regained the House, according to analysis released today by an environmental group of the past decade and a half of legislative action around the conservation law.

The number of wild horses and burros on federal lands grew above 58,000 this year, an 18 percent increase over the previous year and the highest number in at least the past two decades, according to data released earlier this month by the Bureau of Land Management.

Seismic testing of oil and gas resources could begin along the Atlantic Coast next year, if the Obama administration approves applications from four companies to injure and harass tens of thousands of marine mammals.

House Democrats are floating new legislation aimed at protecting government interns from sexual harassment.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today advanced President Obama's nominee to serve as assistant secretary of Energy for international affairs.

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