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Sage grouse conservation changes praised, provoke alarm
President Donald Trump's administration has opened the door to industry-friendly changes to a sweeping plan imposed by his predecessor to protect a ground-dwelling bird across vast areas of the West.
Interior Dept. scraps Obama-era rule on coal royalties
The Interior Department on Monday, August 7, 2017, scrapped an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly.
Volkswagen and regulators agree on fix for cars in cheating scandal
Under the plan, VW owners can either choose to have their emissions systems repaired for free or have the company buy back their vehicles.
California knocks Trump as it extends climate change effort
"America is fully in the Paris agreement. There's only one man that dropped out," Arnold Schwarzenegger said of Donald Trump on Tuesday. "America did not drop out."
California governor to extend climate change bill 10 years
Gov. Jerry Brown is set to sign legislation on Tuesday, July 25, keeping alive California's signature initiative to fight global warming, which puts a cap and a price on climate-changing emissions.
Possible melted fuel seen for first time at Fukushima plant
An underwater robot captured images of solidified lava-like rocks on Friday, July 21, 2017, inside a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Regulators release environmental assessment of pipeline
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline intended to carry natural gas across West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina would have some adverse environmental effects.
Dakota Access developer's new pipeline rankling regulators
The company that developed the Dakota Access oil pipeline is entangled in another fight, this time in Ohio.
California farm region plagued by dirty air looks to Trump
The valley’s air violates federal standards for sooty pollution that comes from industry, businesses and vehicles.
Air Canada passenger: Pilot didn't tell fliers of near-calamity in San Francisco
Federal safety officials are investigating why an Air Canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway last Friday, July 7, 2017, holding four other planes instead of a runway at the airport.