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Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the medication if necessary — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement. Read More

Known as Esmeralda 7, the project planned in the Nevada desert would have produced enough energy to power nearly two million homes. Read More

New York Attorney General Letitia James has led legal battles against the Trump administration’s gutting of environmental protections. Read More

Lawsuit: The agency’s decision — based on the strength of exporting countries’ marine mammal protections — lacked “reasoned explanation, fishery-specific evidence, or consideration of the devastating domestic and international economic consequences they are already causing.” Read More

“There’s this feeling that the river just feels different. It feels stronger. It feels cleaner,” said the Yurok Tribe’s fisheries director. Read More

Layoffs were expected Friday at EPA and the Interior, Energy and Commerce departments, among others. Read More

Public records responses and open government websites are anticipated to stall, if not outright stop, during the lapse in funding. Read More

Another 35 commercial-scale solar projects have been frozen in the Bureau of Land Management review process. Read More