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Train delays in New Jersey may become increasingly common as aging tunnels and other decaying infrastructure stall trains, an Amtrak executive told state lawmakers yesterday.

U.S. EPA said it miscalculated how much water pressure was hidden behind debris plugging the Gold King Mine entrance when it accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste into a tributary of the Animas River last week.

Over the past five years, the U.S. Forest Service has handled 8,500 shooting incidents on public lands across the country.

The Agriculture Department and two timber trade groups are ready to dole out $3 million for the best design of a wooden skyscraper.

As Californians strive to conserve water, a San Francisco startup launching today says it re-engineered shower heads to use up to 70 percent less water than normal ones.

Stephen Glover, the real name of reality television show "Jackass" star Steve-O, posted bail yesterday after he was arrested for scaling a Hollywood construction crane in protest of SeaWorld.

A federal appeals court today rejected an effort by animal rights groups to force the Department of Agriculture to set guidelines for the treatment of birds.

A federal appeals court breathed new life yesterday into environmentalists' challenge to the Forest Service's approval of controversial gold mining in rivers and streams in Oregon that are home to salmon.

The push to ban big-game hunting trophies following international furor at the slaying of Cecil the lion threatens the future of wildlife conservation in Africa, according to hunting safari operators, most conservationists outside the animal welfare community and African governments.

Hawaii has the most endangered species of any state in the United States, but it's also earning the unwanted nickname "the extinction capital of the world" as the world appears to undergo a "sixth mass extinction."

The removal of two dams on Washington state's Elwha River was done for the benefit of salmon and other fish, but new research has shown it has also improved the beaches at the river's mouth.

Roughly half the U.S. population lives in areas at risk for potentially damaging earthquakes, according to new research from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Sheep belonging to the Southern Nevada Water Authority keep ending up inside Great Basin National Park, intensifying bad blood between park officials and the Las Vegas Valley's water supplier.

Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk said a mother grizzly bear trapped Saturday will be euthanized if tests confirm she was responsible for mauling and partially eating a hiker.

NEW YORK -- The East Coast's largest port of entry for shark fins has seen its first guilty plea under a ban passed by New York more than two years ago.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed more stringent standards for imported seafood, with requirements that foreign countries prevent their fisheries from killing or injuring too many marine mammals.

Actress Melissa Gilbert is aiming to go from the "Little House on the Prairie" to the House of Representatives.

Environmental billionaire Tom Steyer's political action committee today launched a new energy ad in early-voting states ahead of next year's presidential election.

The nation's largest group of unionized nurses yesterday endorsed independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont for president for his vocal opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, rejecting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her silence on the project's fate.

Harvard law professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig announced today that he is exploring a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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