An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common one. Last ...

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic ...

After more than two decades of lawsuits and pressure applied by tribes, states and environmental groups, the EPA imposed a rule last year requiring the state’s six taconite mines and processing plants ...