"A federal court on Sunday rejected the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request to halt construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which the tribe says would destroy some of its sacred sites."

"Following the devastation from Hurricane Matthew and a campaign urging moderators to ask a climate question, the issue was again ignored."

"ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Joan Galasso walked through the empty wreck of the waterfront seafood restaurant she and her husband started a quarter-century ago and was horrified."

"Residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago want the operators of two former lead factories to pay for their relocation."

"California will tighten rules on how much farmers can use a common pesticide listed by the nation's most productive agricultural state as a chemical known to cause cancer, regulators said Thursday."

"The amount of methane in the atmosphere is growing, but it’s not coming from where you think. While methane from fracking and other fossil-fuel activity hasn’t increased over the last 10 years, agriculture, landfills, and wetlands are getting gassier, according to a new study in Nature."

"Two watchdog groups are accusing the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) of abusing its nonprofit status, pointing to information about ExxonMobil Corp. as proof. The Center for Media Democracy and Common Cause say ALEC is engaging in corporate lobbying for organizations like Exxon, while working under an IRS nonprofit designation that prohibits such lobbying."

"Earlier this year, President Obama hit a milestone: He designated more monuments than any other president in U.S. history."

"The Senate's oddest couple is about to break up. Back in 2007, Sens. Barbara Boxer and Jim Inhofe were paired for the first time as their parties' leaders on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. They represent nearly perfect opposites."

"Perdue Farms Inc. eliminated all antibiotics from its chicken supply, the company’s chairman said, in a move he said makes the Maryland company the first major poultry supplier to do so."