The government has increased its restrictions in the name of conservation without subjecting nearby aquaculture facilities to the same scrutiny.

In the 1970s, dead seals with strange, corkscrew-shaped wounds began washing up on the shores of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with no obvious attacker.

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Letter from workers, which EPA claims is ‘unlawful’, says agency is no longer living up to its mission

“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns

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It’s the largest attack on public lands in U.S. history: Senate Republicans have proposed selling off nearly 3 million acres of these lands as part of their tax bill. Urge your senators to oppose any ...

The Biden administration had mandated that coal- and gas-fired power plants drastically reduce emissions by the 2030s.

Many stories were told, a few tears were shed, and abundant insights, memories and predictions were shared at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of the MBL Ecosystems Center on May 29-31 in Clapp Auditori...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than the seafloor.

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As the ocean warms, soft corals near the subtropical island of Jeju, South Korea, are melting in an eerie parallel to the vanishing sea ice of the Arctic.

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Environmental lawyer Duncan Currie discusses fears deep sea miners could bypass a UN agreement and apply to mine under US law

The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth,” one oil executive has said.

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A proposed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule would allow activities that harm the habitats of protected species.

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

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In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued a proposed rule today that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide. These protection...

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Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

Most of the world’s human population lives along the coast, where ecosystems are subject to the environmental degrading impacts brought by the increasing use of plastics, loss of coastal buffers from ...

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Oslo had plans to open large areas of its Arctic region next year for its inaugural seabed licensing round.

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A Biddeford scientist has identified 3 new invasive species in Casco Bay that he has tied back to Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company that visits Portland weekly.

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For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.

TOLOWA DEE-NI’ NATION, California — Three tribes along California’s rugged northern coast made history in late September by designating the first Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area (IMSA) in the...

Mega-quakes have periodically rocked North America’s Pacific Northwest. Indigenous people told terrifying stories about the devastation but refused to leave.