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The U.S. is producing more oil than ever, even as calls to leave all fossil fuels in the ground grow louder. Now the "keep it in the ground" movement is taking its fight to the heart of oil country.

For the last two years, the administration has been working to lift the rule prohibiting development in the Tongass, the country's largest national forest.

Speaking to reporters about the suspension this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said "the process is coming to its natural end." A six-month moratorium was scheduled to end on Nov. 30.

Authorities in China said they planted nearly 200,000 acres of forest and green areas prior to the Winter Games. But they also transplanted nearly 20,000 trees, which could endanger animal habitats.

The price of gold is shooting up and one modern-day miner has an ambitious plan to get to the ore still left in one of California's boomtown mines. But residents of that town, now a bucolic tourist draw, are wary of the environmental cost.

McLean County's new community health improvement plan aims to get to the underlying causes for mental health and substance abuse problems.It’s part of a…

Too much prison time, or not enough?Former Bloomington High School teacher Sarah Mellor was sentenced to eight years in prison last week for murdering her…

President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package is set for a vote on the House floor at the end of the week. But U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis said…

Singer-songwriter Leah Marlene's first full-length album is quite a curveball for those that came to her through her 2018 up-tempo, hook-laden debut EP…

The man hoping to help lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, is a former lobbyist for coal and natural gas companies. As a young EPA lawyer, he worked on hazardous chemical rules.