Newly public emails and texts show how school leaders sought advice from conservative organizations and then debated behind the scenes over their new rules to exclude transgender students from sports.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced its picks on Tuesday for a long-planned Northern Maine renewable energy program.

Eelgrass is declining along Maine’s coast. As scientists try to understand why, they’re also preparing to restore these crucial marine habitats.

The justices’ questions reflected the blurred political lines around pesticides and the EPA’s power to regulate them

Maine is set to select winning projects soon in its latest effort to bring renewable energy development to Aroostook County.

Order comes as Bayer proposes a settlement for thousands of Roundup lawsuits and all branches of government consider pesticide maker liability

New label instructions are meant to limit drift, but critics question their potential effectiveness

North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) now have 60% lower concentrations of some legacy PFAS than they did a decade ago, offering rare good news about the effectiveness of chemic...

The Associated Press’ reporting on the vulnerabilities of private water well owners to contamination by harmful forever chemicals shows how some well owners are left stranded.

Venezuelan scientists are ‘waiting to see’ how damage to the country’s top basic science center will affect its research sector

Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired thousands of employees

From the ocean to the classroom, from Atlantic Canada to the U.S. South, these people are finding ways to save a species before it vanishes

Significant disputes remain about the scope of any treaty, but everyone agrees that negotiations can’t continue as they have been

The change has no scientific basis, critics say

And 4 other takeaways for life scientists from the ‘off-the-record’ Make America Healthy Again conference

Countries also left deforestation on the sidelines but agreed to more funding for climate adaptation efforts by low-income countries

But environmentalists are raising concerns about the ecosystem, food security, and other impacts from the fossil fuel alternative

In other news, the EPA wants to trim PFAS reporting requirements and is pushing back compliance dates for parts of its TCE and methylene chloride rules

At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

Consumers shouldn't panic

Grinding PTFE with chunks of sodium metal creates sodium fluoride in a solvent-free reaction that aims to avoid landfills

In other news, EPA launches a new research office and NGOs sue the Trump administration over air pollution exemptions

When Morgan Bennett-Smith descended to a familiar reef in the central Red Sea in September 2023, he expected to find the same tagged anemones and resident clownfish he had been monitoring for months.…

The state’s proposed requirements have not been done anywhere else and stem from a 2025 law that also outlaws PFAS in certain products

The ocean may seem vast and opaque, but open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools are changing the way we monitor it.  From tracking illegal fishing and ship movements to uncovering pollution and port…

Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.

What’s the context? A clandestine network smuggling sanctioned oil around the globe has lured thousands of seafarers into dangerous jobs. NEW YORK - When the crew on board a small fishing vessel off.....

Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave. In recent decades, the oceans have warmed...