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Fracking uses about 48 billion gallons of water annually, but it represents less than 1 percent of total industrial water use in the United States, according to a study published yesterday.

The nuclear industry asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday not to issue a number of proposed safety upgrades for U.S. reactors, among other recommendations, just as the agency rethinks its staffing levels.

Two recent toilet clogs in Australian homes needed more than a drain snake; they required an actual snake catcher.

One of the rainiest cities in the continental United States is facing an unprecedented water shortage.

The Department of Justice and the nation's largest agricultural district yesterday announced an agreement intended to settle a long-running legal battle against the Interior Department for its management of water deliveries that led to toxic irrigation runoff.

The Zimbabwean hunter already on trial over the killing of Cecil the lion has been arrested on fresh charges of helping transport and smuggle wildlife without a permit.

Environmental group WildEarth Guardians yesterday hit the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement with a new lawsuit challenging Western mine plan approvals.

An ex-U.S. EPA employee is making her case to a federal appeals court that she was suspended and then fired due to racial discrimination and retaliation.

A New York environmentalist known as Adam Purple, whose real name was David Wilkie, died after collapsing on the walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge yesterday. He was 84.

Estrogen exposure in suburban areas appears to be affecting the hormonal systems of frogs, according to a new study.

Vietnamese trade negotiators' objections to a planned U.S. Department of Agriculture program to provide more rigorous food safety inspections of catfish will not derail the proposal, officials said.

The Sportsman Channel suspended its show "The Syndicate" yesterday after federal officials charged the hunting show's host and nine others with poaching in a national nature preserve above the Arctic Circle in Alaska.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will not create floating platforms in Alaska for Pacific walruses to rest on to compensate for a lack of summer ice.

The hunter who fatally shot a 14-year-old boy Sunday morning in Colorado's Uncompahgre National Forest has been in contact with investigators, but the Mesa County Sheriff's Office declined to release a name, citing an ongoing investigation.

A flash flood in Zion National Park yesterday killed four people and left three others missing.

Colorado officials say they've had to close a popular urban trail south of Denver indefinitely due to increased black bear activity and hikers attempting to take selfies with them.

Conservation advocates earlier this week urged the Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to protect a rare Alaskan wolf under the Endangered Species Act.

Marine populations have been cut in half over the past 40 years, according to a new report that warns of an "alarming decline" among thousands of populations of marine mammals, fish, birds and reptiles.

Regardless of who wins the contentious race to succeed term-limited Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D), funding for state regulators who oversee enforcement of environmental regulations and inspect the state's energy industry will likely continue to languish, a trio of candidates acknowledged last night.

A self-described "large and growing constituency of diverse environmental leaders" yesterday called on the Congressional Black Caucus to support a soon-to-expire federal land-buying program.

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