It wasn’t so long ago that Coloradans voted against a bid to block oil and gas development near homes. The state -- one of the nation’s top crude-producing regions -- is cracking down anyway.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified President Donald Trump Thursday that he will soon be leaving the post.

The Defense Department is looking for companies interested in an environmental cleanup and program management services contract worth a potential $49 million. The DOD issued a sources-sought notice in August and has just announced a new response date (Nov. 7) and an Oct. 24 industry day in Alabama.

A survey of the population of southern right whales off the coast of Cape Town has shown the second-lowest incidence of the aquatic mammals in 24 years and scientists in South Africa are linking the scarcity to climate change.

Poorer U.S. communities are likely to face especially devastating effects from climate change, including falling property values, as they struggle to adjust to floods and rising insurance costs, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Federal Reserve.

San Antonio’s new climate action plan sets out a road map to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but doesn’t go as far as environmental groups wanted in pressing municipally owned utility CPS Energy to move to 100% clean energy.

Federal lawyers are pushing to derail legal challenges from Democrat-led states and environmental groups that oppose the Trump administration’s recent decision to block California from setting its own standards for auto emissions.

Worker safety on offshore wind turbines will be overseen by the Department of Interior, not the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the department reiterated in an Oct. 17 notice.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat best known for his role as the top congressional watchdog of the Trump administration, was a chief force in propelling the Flint, Mich., water crisis to the national stage.

The U.S. Forest Service refused to make public its draft plan calling for dropping roadless protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest on Oct. 17, the day its availability was announced in the Federal Register.