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California firefighters are battling both wildfires and drought and are being forced to come up with creative solutions to manage both.

California's drought threatens to wipe out the delta smelt, a tiny, endangered fish that has threatened farmers' water rights in the past.

The city of Spokane, Wash., has filed suit against Monsanto Co., arguing the company sold chemicals it knew were harmful to human health.

California water quality regulators are asking the state's attorney general to consider enforcement action against the owner of a pipeline that ruptured in May near Santa Barbara, spilling oil into the Pacific Ocean and onto beaches.

In a potentially precedent-setting decision, a federal judge yesterday struck down an Idaho law that criminalized undercover investigations into agricultural and meat-producing practices as unconstitutional.

Some 578 pounds of ivory were seized during a baggage check at Zurich's airport, according to Swiss authorities.

A National Park Service investigation was unable to pin down exactly what went wrong during the fatal wingsuit flights of Dean Potter and Graham Hunt in Yosemite National Park in May.

American Airlines today joined Delta Airlines and United Airlines banning hunting trophies from their aircraft.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today took steps to update 20-year-old policies governing relationships with Native American communities across the country.

Star musicians are urging California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to set aside $160 million from the state Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to help keep carbon in soils.

Senate Democrats today renewed their attempt to curb oil and gas subsidies and raise billions of dollars as lawmakers search for revenue streams for a host of measures on Capitol Hill, including a transportation extension and a tax extenders package.

Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, in a rare interview, said he doesn't have as much power as is commonly thought.

Former White House Council on Environmental Quality chief Katie McGinty today kicked off her bid to challenge Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R), a decision that also triggers a competitive Democratic primary with former Rep. Joe Sestak.

Algae companies are cheering changes in the Obama administration's final Clean Power Plan that will allow them to cash in on power plant emissions.

U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan generally welcomes biomass in states' carbon-reduction plans, but new provisions meant to increase industry accountability worry promoters of electricity generated by the combustion of wood and plant-based materials.

U.S. EPA's decision yesterday to keep -- but relax -- a carbon capture technology requirement for all new coal-fired power plants is not appeasing longtime agency skeptics.

U.S. EPA yesterday pushed back against congressional criticism of its decision to not formally evaluate the impacts of its power plant carbon emissions limits on endangered species.

Two Appalachian governors who've resisted calls to "just say no" to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan are facing increased political pressure today after the final rule assigned their states much stiffer responsibilities for curbing heat-trapping emissions from power plants.

How could changes made in U.S. EPA's final Clean Power Plan affect natural gas markets and infrastructure development? Where do the greatest challenges exist to meeting the plan's renewable energy goals? During today's OnPoint, Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners, discusses how the final rule will impact utility planning and investments.

Rescuers are still searching for survivors after two trains derailed at a flooded river crossing in central India, killing at least 29 people.

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