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A new study indicates temperature is the key factor in determining the spread of invasive reptiles like those muscling into the Everglades.

The wildfires ravaging the Pacific Northwest have had a disproportionate effect on the region's ranchers.

Photos of an ancient wooden bow being dug out of a melting glacier in California's Sierra Nevada are fueling a debate over the handling of archaeological materials being exposed on public lands as ice retreats under the pressures of climate change.

The United States and Russia signed an agreement Friday to combat illegal fishing, marking a step forward in the effort to protect fish populations and better regulate a global seafood trade.

The Obama administration last week agreed to new environmental reviews for Trapper Mining Inc. operations in Colorado following litigation from environmentalists.

GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker wants to obliterate government worker unions.

Bipartisan senators today renewed their effort to make the bison America's national mammal.

U.S. EPA's proposal to protect bees from pesticide exposure in farm fields is unrealistically restrictive, wrote the acting head of the Agriculture Department's pesticides policy office.

The Department of the Interior watchdog's review of senior Obama administration officials using a government-owned vacation lodge on the cheap is expected to be released soon, according to Interior officials.

The Obama administration is walking away from a contentious enrichment project in Ohio that at one time was angling for a $2 billion loan guarantee.

A long-awaited draft rule aimed at reducing the wasteful venting, flaring and leaking of natural gas on federal and tribal lands is within weeks of release.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals plowed into a regulatory thicket last week when it struck down U.S. EPA's approval of a so-called bee-killing chemical. At issue: how regulators assess pesticide threats to human health and the environment.

Indonesia will turn over the names of companies suspected to be causing forest fires that are making air quality deteriorate in Singapore.

Furniture, petrochemical, automobile and electronics manufacturers in Beijing will be required to pay new fees next month for emissions of volatile organic compounds, the government said.

Two Minnesota state lawmakers apologized for how they handled a disagreement with a county park ranger who cited them for making a nuisance but stopped short of walking back their earlier statement that the ranger lied about their alleged romantic rendezvous in a parked car.

Flash floods in southern Utah yesterday left eight people dead and five missing, authorities said today.

Exposure to fine airborne particles increases the risk of premature death, according to a new study of more than 500,000 people.

Toyota's release of a hydrogen-fueled sedan signals the company's push toward enabling carbon-free travel, an executive said yesterday.

Porsche is aiming to prevent Tesla from cornering the market on high-end electric vehicles with its latest model revealed yesterday at the Frankfurt Auto Show.

New York City will get up to $20 million in federal money for what Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is describing as the world's largest demonstration project for "connected technology" intended to help cars and other vehicles avoid accidents.

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