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A Montana truck driver initially charged with mishandling hazardous natural gas condensate from North Dakota's Bakken Shale oil fields will likely avoid prison time at a sentencing hearing set for Thursday, recent court submissions indicate.

A federal appeals court today reaffirmed its decision to strike down regulations requiring companies to disclose whether minerals in their products were mined in conflict-ridden central Africa.

Red pandas may be irresistible fodder for social media posts, but they face several threats in the wild, and their numbers are dwindling.

Experts say an uptick in Texas sea turtle nests this summer is not enough to change the fate of the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle.

America's first national park saw its busiest month on record this July, with nearly 1 million people visiting Yellowstone National Park.

As more recreational hikers and campers visit America's national forests and trails, they are triggering a debate over the permissive target shooting policies on public lands.

Dredging meant to deepen the Port of Miami has damaged more coral than federal managers anticipated.

States in the parched Colorado River Basin don't need to worry about water shortages for perhaps the next two years, thanks in large part to some record rainfall levels this spring.

In a near replay of a Senate committee move last month, a House committee has accused the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of relying too heavily on "qualitative factors" in its cost-benefit analyses for regulatory decisions.

A group of children backed by prominent climate scientist James Hansen has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration using a unique legal theory to force the government to do more to combat global warming.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is set today to visit the site of a massive mine wastewater spill near Durango, Colo., and is expected to use the trip as an opportunity to criticize U.S. EPA.

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton today slammed the Obama administration's decision to allow exploratory drilling in Arctic waters near the Alaska coastline, asserting that potential damage to the area is "not worth the risk."

Developers of a proposed Alaska mine want a federal court to force a former U.S. EPA scientist to testify about claims that he improperly tried to thwart the gold and copper project in the Bristol Bay region.

As more air pollution is captured from industrial facilities, the benefits get progressively smaller until they are outweighed by the costs. So goes the conventional wisdom of air pollution control.

Shortfalls in wildfire funding have hampered the Forest Service's ability to repair the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, maintain grazing fences and protect bats from white-nose syndrome, but they've had relatively little effect on the agency's ability to thin hazardous trees that could fuel the next mega-fire, according to budget data obtained by Greenwire.

U.S. EPA today proposed methane rules for new and modified oil and natural gas operations, setting in motion a regulatory apparatus that eventually could cover leakage from the entire sector.

A former candidate of Mexico's Ecological Green Party is facing a government investigation after posting photos of himself with a haul of more than 20 juvenile sharks.

Safari guides at Tanzania's wildlife reserves say poachers are decimating the elephant population there with no government interference.

Experts are warning that several chemicals stored at the Tianjin, China, facility that exploded last week may harm local residents depending on prevailing winds and rain in the days ahead.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina sent nearly 14 feet of water crashing into Bayou La Batre, Ala., the town's once-thriving fishing industry is a shadow of its former self.

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