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Several federal agencies are expressing concerns about the environmental impacts of Patriot Coal Corp.'s proposed bankruptcy reorganization plans.

A Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government professor did not disclose his connections to Monsanto Co. in a paper about genetically modified organisms, but he maintains that the massive seed company did not pay him to write a paper in its favor.

The United States exported more crude oil and petroleum products to Mexico than it received for the first time in two decades in July, according to new government data.

In Netflix's "House of Cards," actor Gary "Litefoot" Davis wheels and deals on behalf of the federal government in Indian Country.

Many larval fish are moving north as the climate changes, signaling impending shifts for what fishermen catch in the Northeast, according to a new federal study.

Prolific Supreme Court attorney Doug Kendall, a passionate opponent of constitutional conservatism, died Saturday in Washington. He was 51.

Exxon Mobil Corp. will pay a $2.63 million fine for spilling crude oil in an Arkansas neighborhood in 2013, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration disclosed yesterday.

A Montana woman attacked by a black bear in her home has died, according to authorities.

A female desert tortoise raised on a Marine Corps base crawled into the western Mojave Desert on Wednesday, the 35th threatened tortoise released this year.

An environmental group has sued the Forest Service, accusing the agency of allowing outfitters to operate too many motorized boat trips in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The Obama administration's move to all but ban the interstate trade in elephant ivory garnered 1,044,718 comments during the 60-day comment period that ended earlier this week.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is adding ranching to his list of causes alongside climate change, but not in the way many of his green allies expected.

A top House Democrat is calling for hearings on the safety of synthetic turf.

Continental Resources Inc., one of North Dakota's largest oil producers, is demanding an environmental group retract a report it issued this week that accused the company of flaring more gas than all other companies combined.

Senators announced today they had reached an agreement on a bill to overhaul how the federal government regulates toxic chemicals, clearing the way for it to reach the floor soon.

U.S. EPA is defending its choice of setting a new national ozone standard at 70 parts per billion despite blistering criticism by health and environmental groups that it won't protect the public.

When White House staffers and Cabinet secretaries need to reach Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, they call his "body man," Mark Appleton. It's an inside-the-Beltway moniker for aides to presidents, members of Congress and agency bosses whose duties can range from ordering a tuxedo in a pinch to weighing in on important policy decisions.

Conservation groups are trying to gather 88,184 signatures in Oregon to put an initiative banning the buying and selling of ivory and endangered wildlife products on the November 2016 ballot.