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The action will protect vast tracts of American-controlled islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor from fishing, mining, oil exploration and other commercial activity.

Barack Obama faces conflicting views among his top advisers on the balance between the environment and the economy.

If the state enters its third consecutive year of drought, state authorities may be forced to impose water rationing on farmers, homes and businesses.

An environmental group has recorded the calls of more than 80 creatures so phones can howl, hoot, trill, screech and croak in support of endangered species.

The Bush administration has approved a plan that could allow more than 18,000 natural gas wells to be drilled in southeastern Montana over the next two decades.

The Interior Department announced a controversial decision Wednesday to double the rate of logging on 2.6 million acres of federally owned forests in southwestern Oregon.

Many alternative energy sources like wind turbines and solar panels experience problems in cold weather.

In a single year, an electric plant deposited more than 2.2 million pounds of toxic materials in a holding pond that failed last week, flooding 300 acres in Tennessee.

Fighters of the invasive tamarisk hope the tough economic times will be the catalyst for a new round of cleanup and conservation work to get rid of the trees.

Experts had already called the spill in Tennessee the largest of its kind in the U.S., but a survey showed it was three times larger than was first thought.

The ideologues who have been running the E.P.A. for the last half-dozen years have done little for the environment with the weapons Congress gave them.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has played down the risks of what may be the nation’s largest spill of coal ash, but there are questions about its potential toxicity.

A one-acre backyard that has been certified as a wildlife habitat is just a five-minute drive from downtown Beverly Hills.

Researchers have discovered that some simple remedies to curb insects may have some big impacts.

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The federal government plans to make a multi-million dollar investment over four years to develop infrastructure, such as roads, public transit, and water/wastewater systems in Alberta.

Ontario firms scored in Canadian Architect magazine’s 2008 Awards of Excellence, which are presented each year for buildings in the design stage

The country hopes to spur job growth and boost its economy by pumping funds into a range of efforts, from making bike tracks to turning garbage into energy.

For the first time, PepsiCo has been able to compare year-by-year water, electricity and fuel use for its entire operations.