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A series of heat-related deaths at the Wave in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument has the Bureau of Land Management reconsidering its permitting process for the site.

Researchers captured one of the largest Burmese pythons ever caught in Everglades National Park earlier this month.

Protestors picketed the practice of a Minnesota dentist accused of killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe as international furor rages on over the killing of beloved tourist attraction Cecil the lion.

Rangers in Kenya's Tsavo West National Park discovered the carcasses of a female elephant and her four offspring Tuesday morning, their ivory tusks hacked off by poachers.

Federal regulators have issued new guidelines expanding the distance Alaskan cruise ships should leave between boats and seals.

The National Park Service says it will maintain an initiative to help parks halt sales of bottled water even if Congress tries to intervene.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced that Kristin Bail, a forest supervisor in North Carolina, will lead the agency's National Conservation Lands program.

Environmental groups are waging a battle against proposed guidelines that would give fishery managers more flexibility in rebuilding depleted fish stocks.

The Organic Consumers Association is circulating a petition to get Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to publicly oppose a recent bill to pre-empt state efforts to label genetically modified organisms.

A White House spokesman said yesterday the administration will make a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada before President Obama's term runs out.

Environmental and labor groups are mounting a campaign to save the crude export ban in the face of growing momentum in Congress to change the decades-old energy policy.

Alaska's congressional delegation is the farthest from its members' constituencies, but their Capitol Hill offices bring varying degrees of the Last Frontier State with them.

Almost one-third of complaints raised by Capitol Hill workers are about "harassment/hostile work environment," according to a report expected to be released today by the congressional Office of Compliance.

The Senate today approved a three-year road, rail and transit funding bill, sending the bipartisan measure to the House by a 65-34 margin nine days after it was unveiled.

Two top U.S. Chemical Safety Board officials will remain on administrative leave for an additional 45 days as the agency investigates their conduct, according to documents released this week.

The Energy Department has agreed to rewrite some of its energy efficiency standards for walk-in freezers, as part of a settlement with the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute.

By the thinnest of margins, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled to reinstate roadless protections on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, marking a major victory for conservationists and tourism companies fighting to protect the temperate rainforest from new logging and a defeat for the state's declining timber industry.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved its comprehensive energy package today by a wide margin, while separately lifting the crude export ban on a party-line vote.

With all signals pointing to an imminent release of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, what are the key issues to watch as the plan is rolled out as early as Monday? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire reporter Emily Holden gives the background on E&E's discovery of a document signaling a delayed compliance timeline. She also previews potential changes to watch for in the final rule.

Olympic sailors and rowers are not concerned about getting sick during next year's games in Rio de Janeiro, despite reports showing that the waters to be used for events have pollution levels equal to raw sewage.

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