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Montana's governor will allow wild bison to migrate outside of Yellowstone National Park and stay in areas of Montana year-round.

A states-led plan to save the lesser prairie chicken's vanishing strutting grounds "simply has been unsuccessful" at safeguarding the bird's most important habitat, Justice Department attorneys told a federal district court in Midland, Texas, last week.

Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Sierra Club worked together to float a plan for a carbon tax in 2008, showing how the disdain for cap-and-trade regulation can bring even unlikely partners together.

A new poll found that most U.S. Republicans who have heard of the Paris climate accord support working with other countries to limit global warming.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is publicizing a California farmer's dispute with the Army Corps of Engineers as a cautionary tale for what could happen if the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule is adopted.

Environmental groups that hailed the Obama administration's denial of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are now trying to block multiple natural gas projects cropping up along the East Coast.

Virginia Rep. Robert Hurt announced today he will not seek re-election, surprising fellow Republicans who had expected the lawmaker to easily win a fourth term.

Sen. Rand Paul today marked Festivus, the parody holiday made famous by "Seinfeld," with an "airing of grievances" on wasteful government spending.

Business executives and lobbyists typically don't draw second glances and selfie snaps from lawmakers and staffers in the halls of the Capitol -- unless Jessica Alba is with them.

U.S. EPA has put in place new procedures to better deal with workplace harassment after the agency suffered through a series of embarrassing scandals this year.

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An array of business, environmental and public health groups are set to square off in court over U.S. EPA's new ozone standard, with one side arguing that the 70 parts per billion limit is overly stringent, the other that it's too weak.

PINSON, Ala. -- On planners' maps, the Northern Beltline is a 52-mile, six-lane interstate that completes a loop around Birmingham, Ala. More than a half-century after the freeway's conception, work on a small segment began last year as the price tag for the whole project ballooned to $5.4 billion. Business leaders and politicians who have doggedly pursued the highway say it's essential to spawning jobs and new business, but project foes call it the "Alabama Porkway" and "a road to nowhere."

A plan to limit vehicle use in India's capital to reduce air pollution contains loopholes that may limit its effectiveness.

Dangerous smog levels are spreading to other parts of China following two air quality red alerts in the capital Beijing earlier this month.

Japan's second-largest utility was cleared by a Japanese court to restart four nuclear reactors.

A plume of invisible methane rises above Los Angeles in new infrared video obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund.

The owner of an Alaskan strip club was convicted of dumping sewage into a harbor and then lying about it to investigators.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that Puerto Rico will spend $77 million to improve its water infrastructure under a new settlement.

U.S. EPA is moving an abandoned Nevada copper mine to its Superfund National Priority List, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.

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