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Twenty-one cities and other government agencies will split almost $20 million in planning grants, with the money coming from a pool intended to help spur what is known as "transit-oriented development" in areas served by buses, rail and other forms of public transportation.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $20.5 million in conservation innovation grants for 45 projects around the country.

U.S. EPA should consider ending one of its most visible programs, which recognizes companies for their use of safer chemicals, the agency's inspector general said today.

Most fast-food restaurant chains earn a failing grade in efforts to address antibiotic resistance, a new report from environmental organizations shows.

Five geothermal power plants in Lake County, Calif., part of the world's largest geothermal energy production site, were among the structures damaged by the 61,000-acre Valley Fire yesterday, officials said.

The number of new solar projects in 2017 could drop to the lowest annual level since 2012 if Congress doesn't extend an investment tax credit that is slated to get slashed by two-thirds at the end of next year, a new report shows.

New Jersey environmental groups took the first step yesterday to appeal the state's $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil Corp., filing a motion in state Appellate Court to intervene.

Eight state attorneys general have signed an amicus brief supporting a Vermont law to require the labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients.

In an appeal filed yesterday, BP PLC asked federal regulators to drop charges that the company had tinkered with Texas natural gas markets in 2008.

A recent ruling by a Dutch court that requires the government to cut greenhouse emissions could have implications for Canada, the lawyer who led the case said.

A North Carolina judge yesterday rejected an attempt by North Carolina regulators to block a settlement that would see Duke Energy Corp. remove more coal ash than required under state law.

Federal judges have rejected a bid from environmentalists to undo the Interior Department's approval of a timber sale in southwest Oregon because it could affect the habitat of the endangered northern spotted owl.

Antique ivory dealers are protesting against tightening federal and state restrictions on buying and selling their wares designed to help save African elephant populations ravaged by ivory poachers.

Federal officials have charged two cable television hunting show hosts and eight others with poaching big game in Noatak National Preserve in northwest Alaska.

Snakebites increase during both the hot and cold points of the El Niño weather oscillation, a problem hitting poor, rural areas hardest, according to a new study.

A trail in a northern Idaho national forest has been closed until further notice after a mountain goat bit one hiker and other visitors were charged by aggressive goats.

Cities in remote parts of Alaska are preparing to handle an influx of cruise ship passengers if emergencies force the ships to come to shore.

Supporters and opponents of a stalled Fish and Wildlife Service effort to increase oversight of captive, genetically mixed tigers are making a final push at the White House this month to shape the forthcoming rule.

A Baltimore pastor will challenge Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) for his congressional seat.

The unconventional mayor of a blue-collar Pennsylvania town entered the expensive, contentious race for his state's U.S. Senate seat yesterday, championing a message of addressing inequality in economic opportunity, health care and "the air that we breathe."

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