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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Pennsylvania's emissions control plan does not guard New England national parks and wilderness from pollution.

Italy is the latest European country to prohibit the planting of genetically modified crops, according to a statement from the Italian government.

Under the light of a full moon, the world's second-largest geyser erupted in Yellowstone National Park early Monday morning for the first time since 2010.

Oil and mining exploration threatens nearly a third of all the natural wonders designated as World Heritage sites, according to a World Wide Fund for Nature report.

WildEarth Guardians petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday to list the ancient namesakes of Joshua Tree National Park as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Scientists discovered several new marine species near Hawaii while diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface to explore underwater mountains.

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO Mike Duncan waded into Kentucky's gubernatorial race yesterday, slamming Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway (D) for including him in a recent television spot, and announcing his plans to vote for Republican businessman Matt Bevin.

North Dakota's congressional delegation and governor met yesterday with U.S. EPA air chief Janet McCabe to register their concerns about how her agency's Clean Power Plan would affect their state.

Lawmakers keep pushing for more legislation to address the fallout from August's abandoned mine spill in southwestern Colorado, as communities and businesses demand compensation for an array of harms.

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee approved legislation today to repeal the crude oil export ban, but only after adopting an Iran sanctions amendment that lawmakers warned would complicate the measure's future prospects.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an Alaska moose hunter's challenge to a federal ban on using hovercraft on National Park Service waterways.

U.S. EPA has completed seven human health and environmental risk assessments for organophosphates, neurotoxic pesticides that have been linked to developmental delays in people exposed as children and in utero.

New LEDs -- light-emitting diodes -- can do more than save energy and slash electric bills.

U.S. EPA today will tighten the national ozone standard to 70 parts per billion, the upper end of the range the agency proposed last November, according to multiple sources who have been briefed on the rule.

The evolving dynamic between developed and developing countries in the international climate negotiations is the focus of a new ClimateWire series. On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire deputy editor Lisa Friedman discusses the report and explains how the changing role of developing countries in the effort to slow climate change will impact this year's Paris negotiations.

U.S. EPA, the Hawaii Department of Health and the Navy agreed yesterday to work together to prevent and detect leaks from 20 fuel storage tanks near Pearl Harbor.

The Oakland, Calif., City Council is weighing arguments for and against coal exports before a December deadline to decide whether to approve a proposed terminal.

California will hold an independent investigation into the Volkswagen Group's rigged diesel emissions technology, leaving a multistate probe, a source said.

Michigan officials declared a public health emergency yesterday after detecting high levels of lead in the city of Flint's water supply.

Moody's Investors Service said the coal industry can expect another 10 percent decline next year as a global supply glut has driven down prices for metallurgical coal.

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