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Biologists are using new genetic techniques to reduce inbreeding among salmon, but some scientists question if natural methods would have worked just as well.

The death of thousands of seabirds in Alaska is the latest instance of a sudden mass die-off, but scientists are still struggling to pinpoint whether the events are becoming more frequent as some have hypothesized.

A California Fish and Game commissioner's sudden resignation could mean the board will have more leeway for conservationists to assume more power over state wildlife policy.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has not decided whether to introduce Mexican gray wolves into Colorado and Utah, but the states' governors, wildlife officials and ranchers are already protesting.

Last year's record wildfire season is a harbinger of things to come as the climate warms, necessitating that policymakers and scientists work closely together to adopt strategies to manage and control blazes, according to a report from a group of leading wildfire experts.

The Environmental Defense Fund has hired a Pennsylvania-based public affairs firm to lobby on climate change.

The group Friends of the Earth Action has launched a television ad campaign in support of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the early caucus and primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

U.S. EPA's use of "co-benefits" to help justify its new power plant mercury rule is again under fire -- this time from Susan Dudley, who served as federal regulatory chief during part of President George W. Bush's tenure.

After ending 2015 with a historic international climate change agreement in Paris, the Obama administration plans to focus this year on shoring up its domestic climate agenda.

A long-simmering environmental crisis in a struggling Midwestern city was kicked to the national stage last week and moved to the White House on Saturday, when President Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint, Mich., due to lead-contaminated water.

Former Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes called today for the prosecution of Ammon Bundy and other occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon.

Federal judges sharply rebuked a Nevada rancher Friday over his three-decade-long battle with the federal government over grazing his cattle on public land without a permit.

After three decades of work on air and climate policy as president and founder of the Center for Clean Air Policy, Ned Helme today exclusively announced to E&E that he will step down as president of the organization effective Feb. 16. During today's OnPoint exclusive, Helme and CCAP's incoming CEO, William Tyndall, discuss the changes ahead for the organization and plans for policy dialogues, clean energy technology distribution and climate finance.

The lead of Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," a film about a Japanese village known for dolphin killing, today was detained by immigration officials at Tokyo's Narita International Airport.

China became the world's largest developer of clean energy in 2015 as its increased efforts in the renewable sector accounted for nearly 40 percent of all wind, solar, biopower and small-scale hydropower installations across the world.

Texas investor Jay Ellis is one of the few people there excited about low oil prices. That's because his investment fund is using the bear market for oil as leverage to buy up big tracts of ranchland around the state.

The Montana reservation town of Browning blames the Blackfeet tribe for its looming bankruptcy, but the tribe points the finger back at town officials after years of fighting over drinking water supplies.

Utility regulators in Oregon have expressed doubts to Gov. Kate Brown (D) about a proposed energy bill, saying it would actually increase electricity costs and fail to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Volkswagen's "clean diesel promise" persuaded Marcus Moench and Elisabeth Caspari to buy a 2011 Jetta SportWagen five years ago.

Wyoming, the nation's top coal-producing state, is not having much luck in its search for a solution to rescue the commodity that drives 14 percent of the economy and employs 1 in 5 workers.

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