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November 17, 2018

Criminal case as pollution surges in Russian river

Russian investigators have opened a criminal case after finding pollution levels in a local river far exceeded norms, with ...

Andrew Wheeler, Robert Lighthizer, Betsy DeVos

November 17, 2018

Trump: EPA's acting chief will be named to post permanently

Andrew Wheeler, a former congressional aide and lobbyist who has led the Environmental Protection Agency since his ...

November 17, 2018

Lawyer who battled Chevron may get chance to defend himself

A New York attorney who won a landmark oil pollution judgment against Chevron in Ecuador's court system only to have his law ...

November 17, 2018

Wildfire-charred movie ranch to be rebuilt over 2 years

Standing amid the charred foundations and burned-out movie sets of Paramount Ranch, officials from the National Park Service ...

November 17, 2018

The Latest: Southern California fire toll at 713 buildings

The Latest on California's wildfires (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Authorities have increased the number of homes and other ...

November 17, 2018

Cal-Stanford Big Game postponed because of wildfire smoke

The annual Big Game between Stanford and California scheduled for Saturday was postponed two weeks because of the unhealthy ...

November 17, 2018

Nuke dump managers: There was waste near ceiling collapse

Operations at the federal government's nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico resumed Friday as managers ...

November 17, 2018

Suspected Russian hackers impersonate State Department aide

U.S. cybersecurity experts say hackers impersonating a State Department official have targeted U.S. government agencies, ...

November 17, 2018

Groups protest plans for possible lease sale in Beaufort

Federal regulators are preparing an environmental review for a possible offshore lease sale in Alaska's Beaufort Sea and ...

November 17, 2018

Expert: Rare snake with 2 heads found in Virginia has died

A wildlife expert says a rare, two-headed snake found several months ago in Virginia near the nation's capital has died.

November 16, 2018

Fight over dinosaur fossils comes down to what's a mineral

About 66 million years after two dinosaurs died apparently locked in battle on the plains of modern-day Montana, an unusual ...

November 16, 2018

Cyclone kills 13 in southern India, 80K people evacuated

A cyclone hit the coast of southern India on Friday, killing at least 13 people, damaging homes and forcing the evacuation ...

November 16, 2018

Cargo ship launch clears crewed mission to space station

A Russian Soyuz rocket sent a cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station on Friday, a successful launch that ...

November 16, 2018

Take a weight off: Tears, joy as kilo gets historic update

In a historic vote, more than 50 nations unanimously approved an overhaul of the international measurement system that ...

November 16, 2018

Trump signs bill to elevate cybersecurity mission at DHS

President Donald Trump has signed legislation that elevates the importance of cybersecurity work within the Department of ...

November 16, 2018

VW wants to storm car market with cheaper electric model

Volkswagen intends to invest 44 billion euros ($50 billion) in the electric and autonomous car technologies expected to ...

November 16, 2018

House passes bill to drop legal protections for gray wolves

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, ...

November 16, 2018

Stranded camel entertains motorists along snowy roadway

The surprisingly powerful winter storm that swept across Pennsylvania brought some surprising sights with it, including a ...

November 16, 2018

The Latest: Firefighter on California blaze struck by car

The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local): 10:20 p.m. An out-of-state firefighter battling a massive Southern ...