Juan Carlos Rodriguez

The California Department of Parks and Recreation is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing vehicles on a beach that's home to threatened snowy plovers, resulting in injury and death to the shorebirds and loss of habitat, a federal judge ruled.

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed four rules that would significantly weaken Endangered Species Act protections for plants and animals, drawing immediate condemnation from environmental and conservation groups.

Federal government agencies with environmental responsibilities have begun using artificial intelligence tools, but attorneys say information about exactly why, how and when they are being used has been hard to get, leading to uncertainty about their effectiveness and shortcomings.

The city and county of Boulder, Colorado, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc.'s request that it review the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to allow the city's climate change tort against the companies to proceed in state court.

Opponents of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a temporary nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit's decision to toss their challenge.

Opponents of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a temporary nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit's decision to toss their challenge.

A Missouri federal judge is threatening attorneys representing a mining company controlled by billionaire Ira Rennert in a lawsuit over pollution in Peru with serious sanctions for repeatedly disregarding and misrepresenting his orders.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Wednesday said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is misleading the public about the risks of exposure to forever chemicals, and is demanding the EPA correct information on its website.

Maryland and South Carolina are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Fourth Circuit's decision to move their state court lawsuits against 3M Co. over environmental contamination from consumer products containing forever chemicals to federal court.

A New York state judge on Friday sided with green groups that sued the Department of Environmental Conservation for failing to promulgate regulations implementing a climate change law that the agency says would burden residents with high costs.