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A toxin from marine algae is causing brain damage to sea lions off California's coast, according to new research.

The growing El Niño event threatens to harm corals, scientists warn.

There is no evidence that the Bureau of Land Management wrongfully shredded renewable energy bonds that had been stored in a safe at its Rawlins, Wyo., field office, according to a report released today by Interior's inspector general.

Evelyn Lieberman, a senior adviser at the Smithsonian Institution who previously played a pivotal role in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, has died.

The American Council On Renewable Energy has a new leader.

California Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) administration fails in its handling of the state's water hub and earns a D grade for agricultural water conservation and stormwater reuse, an environmental group said in a report released yesterday.

Drivers on a major highway in California's Silicon Valley today will see a billboard with an alarming warning: "In the next severe storm, this freeway will be UNDERWATER."

Plans to construct a laundromat at the Lincoln National Forest in Ruidoso, N.M., are drawing criticism from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who slammed the U.S. Forest Service in his latest waste report.

Top Republican leaders signaled today that an agreement on an omnibus spending measure is coming as early as today, but Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said there's still no deal on lifting the crude oil exports ban.

Oil and gas companies have stockpiled more than 3 million acres of federal leases under an obscure process known as "lease suspensions," fleecing taxpayers and locking up public lands that could be designated for recreation or preservation, according to a report released today by the Wilderness Society.

The White House launched an initiative today to spur the development of technology for protecting and developing water resources.

Legislation proposed for inclusion in the fiscal 2016 omnibus package would reform how the nation pays for wildfires and streamline the approval of logging on federal lands, according to language leaked to Greenwire.

The Obama administration scored a major victory in court this morning as federal judges kept U.S. EPA's landmark mercury standards for power plants in place, but the legal battle over the rule isn't done yet.

The urine produced during University of Florida home football games could be repurposed for fertilizing the stadium's field, according to a plan by a Florida professor.

The city of Baltimore has intentionally dumped more than 330 million gallons of raw sewage into an area creek in the past five years, a new report said.

Germany's motor vehicles authority gave preliminary approval to Volkswagen AG's recall repair plan, according to a statement from the automaker today.

Big industrial farms can label their eggs as "organic" because of lax enforcement at the Department of Agriculture, according to an environmental group.

Sales of Russian art are declining amid low oil prices.

The chairman of the Utah Transportation Commission resigned last week as scrutiny intensifies on his role in winning a $53 million loan to ship coal to Asia via a California export terminal.

Polar bears are covering more ground than ever as hunting grounds drift farther and faster away from home, according to new research.

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