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The National Environmental Policy Act, water and nuclear battles are just a few of the environmental issues on the justices’ docket during the first half of the new year. Read More

The outgoing Transportation secretary discussed his advice for young people, Elon Musk’s attempt to downsize the government and his own next steps. Read More

President-elect Donald Trump covets Greenland, which is estimated to hold around 1.5 million tons of rare earth reserves. Read More

Jim Furnish fought to change the Forest Service’s culture that he considered tilted toward the timber industry. Read More

The Interior secretary nominee will answer lawmakers’ questions later this week. Read More

The Interior inspector general has said the U.S. Geological Survey had uncovered “three serious incidents of scientific misconduct” in its laboratories since 1996. Read More

At issue is the longfin smelt, whose better-known relative, the delta smelt, has long been at the heart of high-profile habitat battles. Read More

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said. Read More