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A federal appeals court will grapple tomorrow with whether to review President Obama's controversial rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act.

As opponents sparred in court last week over the fate of a major U.S. EPA rule to slash mercury emissions, a federal judge forecast that the next big fight over the rule will center on how the agency measures so-called co-benefits.

Roadkill is usually the only meat Arthur Boyt eats, but he found this year's Christmas feast washed up on the beach.

A Florida burglary suspect hiding from police was drowned and eaten by an alligator, according to reports.

The Miami Zoo has been closed since Saturday because of record South Florida rainfall, and officials have scrambled to ensure that animals don't drown or escape.

Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against a natural gas utility over its management of a gas leak that has prompted hundreds of families to leave their homes to escape noxious fumes.

A research team at the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research has discovered a way to break acid whey -- a thin, watery byproduct of Greek yogurt production that has created a disposal nightmare for the $2-billion-a-year industry for years -- into separate components.

Boil-water advisories are in effect on about 1 in 6 of the more than 600 First Nations reserves across Canada, some lasting decades.

Hundreds of millions of motorized scooters help people get around in Asia but also cause more than half of traffic pollution in many cities.

Authorities in California's Central Valley, one of the breadbaskets of American agriculture, are doing little to inform the public that drinking water from private wells contains dangerous amounts of uranium, according to the Associated Press.

Hoping to harness new technology and big data, the Department of Transportation announced a "Smart City Challenge" yesterday aimed at helping municipalities ease traffic congestion.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement yesterday announced a new pilot program to increase oversight of offshore oil and gas facilities deemed at greater risk for accidents.

Some New York City real estate consultants are using the threat of climate change as a business model.

Environmental groups yesterday filed suit against two federal agencies seeking records related to the massive oil spill off the Southern California coast earlier this year.

Environmental groups and Kentucky regulators yesterday finalized the terms of a $6 million settlement against coal company Frasure Creek Mining LLC for allegations of Clean Water Act violations.

The Sierra Club yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging California's approval of a large natural gas plant north of San Diego.

A beluga whale that died at the Georgia Aquarium had heart failure, according to a necropsy.

Alaska prosecutors have accused a former beauty queen who hosts an Outdoor Channel adventure show of poaching a grizzly bear and covering up the hunting violation.

Unfettered access to federally owned oil, gas and coal resources could add hundreds of billions of dollars to the nation's economic output and create millions of jobs, according to a new study released by the pro-fossil fuel Institute for Energy Research.

The Coca-Cola Co., Kellogg Co., Sony Corp. and other companies committed today to setting carbon emissions targets in line with those of the United Nations.

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