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One of the biggest water pollution fights in years is raging in Iowa, where the water utility in the state capital is duking it out in court with agriculture districts over polluted farm runoff.

The Supreme Court today rejected an industry-led effort to topple U.S. EPA's Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan.

Seven rail cars loaded with snow are being hauled into Alaska's largest city this week in preparation for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that will have its ceremonial start Saturday, an Alaska Railroad spokesman said yesterday.

As the mosquito-borne Zika virus continues to spread, a team of researchers in London is working on a vaccine.

The mosquito-borne Zika virus may cause a severe neurological disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome, a new study has found.

Schools in the United States may be at risk for high levels of lead in their water supplies, some experts warn.

U.S. EPA has requested emissions data on diesel-powered Mercedes-Benz vehicles following a lawsuit alleging the cars switch off pollution controls in cold temperatures.

Colorado leaders are asking U.S. EPA to add a collection of 48 abandoned mines, including the Gold King site, to the list of federal Superfund sites.

U.S. EPA has issued a notice of intent today to cancel the registration of the insecticide flubendiamide, citing risks to aquatic life.

Hundreds of construction workers yesterday walked off the job at Tesla Motors Inc.'s Nevada battery manufacturing plant in a protest over labor practices.

A self-driving Google Lexus SUV hit a public bus on a Silicon Valley street on Valentine's Day.

The Eno Center for Transportation has named Brookings Institution senior fellow Robert Puentes as its new president and CEO.

In a bid to further improve the energy efficiency of long-haul tractor-trailers, the Department of Energy has announced a second phase of its SuperTruck program.

At the Office of Personnel Management, history is repeating itself.

Over the past year, Duke Energy Corp. has built a solar farm in Florida outside the gates of Walt Disney World and Epcot Center arranged in the iconic shape of Mickey Mouse's head.

Most Americans paid little attention to Pope Francis' visit to the United States last year and don't know that he has talked about climate change, according to a new poll.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. achieved the top spot in a new ranking of the low-carbon commitments made by companies and investment firms.

The Yale Climate & Energy Institute, an interdisciplinary effort to research climate change, will shut down at the end of June.

A federal judge ordered one member of the occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge released to a halfway house, although his transfer is not expected to occur immediately.

An Indian court has formally indicted the former leader of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on charges of sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation.

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