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September 19, 2017

Lawsuit aims to block oil drilling on US land in Nevada

Environmentalists have sued a U.S. agency to try to stop it from allowing oil and gas drilling on a vast stretch of federal ...

September 19, 2017

Falcons pass rusher Beasley sidelined with hamstring strain

Falcons All-Pro Vic Beasley has a hamstring strain and is ruled out for this week's game at Detroit, and could be sidelined ...

September 18, 2017

Interior chief urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially ...

Mitch McConnell, Luther Strange, John Boozman

September 18, 2017

GOP lawmakers: Move Appalachian agency out of Washington

Two powerful Kentucky Republicans have an idea to boost an economic development agency that helps Appalachia: Move it out of ...

September 18, 2017

Why some hurricanes linger while other storms die quickly

This hurricane season is showing how wild and varied storms' life cycles can be. Most storms seem to be tracked for days ...

September 18, 2017

Fierce storms haven't slowed growth along US coastlines

Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new ...

September 18, 2017

Activist urges walrus rafts in absence of Arctic sea ice

An environmental activist is calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider placing anchored rafts in the ocean ...

September 18, 2017

Interior secretary recommends shrinking 6 national monuments

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be ...

September 18, 2017

Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January ...

September 18, 2017

Hard to spot: criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns

International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha ...

September 17, 2017

Warm waters off West Coast has lingering effects for salmon

The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still ...

September 17, 2017

Harvey recovery czar faces limits to 'future-proofing' Texas

The man tasked with overseeing Texas' Hurricane Harvey rebuilding efforts sees his job as "future-proofing" before the next ...

September 17, 2017

Tropical storm warning for Los Cabos, Mexico due to Norma

Hurricane season roared on as Jose threatened heavy surf along the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, Tropical Storm Norma neared ...

September 17, 2017

US coastal growth continues despite lessons of past storms

Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new ...

September 17, 2017

World leaders face crises in North Korea and Myanmar at UN

Facing an escalating nuclear threat from North Korea and the mass flight of minority Muslims from Myanmar, world leaders ...

September 16, 2017

FEMA auctioned disaster trailers before Harvey made landfall

The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast ...

September 16, 2017

Zinke signs order to expand hunting, fishing on public lands

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order on Friday to expand hunting and fishing on federal land, saying it would ...

September 15, 2017

4 years later, cleanup nears end for big North Dakota spill

Cleanup is finally in sight four years after a pipeline break sent more than 20,000 barrels of oil oozing across a wheat ...

September 15, 2017

Environmentalists get win in US coal-climate change lawsuit

Handing a major victory to environmentalists, a court cast doubt Friday on a longstanding U.S. government argument that ...