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Key Takeaways The PFAS Safe Drinking Water Act regulations will have enormous financial impacts on companies that never manufactured PFAS. The case is one to watch for legal professionals, as certain ...

Much of New York City’s waste ends up in sprawling landfills far from the city. Upstate communities say they’ve had enough of being dumped on.

This week will feature variable conditions across New England, but mainly what’s expected in October.

A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.

Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.

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It’s officially time to wave goodbye to the warm half of the year as the calendar flips to October.

Today’s cold front is currently sitting just north of New England as of writing.

A mild, pacific air mass will overspread New England today while surface ridging centered to the south of the region will allow for a brief period of elevated dew points (given the time of year).

Mission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth

River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account One Monday morning in spring last year, 12 people gathered in the morning drizzle at Joyce’s Pool, one of the sources of the Bristol River Avon, and took the first steps of the inaugural Avon pilgrimage. Over the course of eight days, a revolving cast of pilgrims walked about 100 miles from the source of the river to the point at which it reaches the sea, in some cases bivvying on the riverside at night. Along the way they planted trees, sowed seeds, restored footpaths and presented councillors and decision-makers with a fledgling Avon charter, developed by the Bristol campaign group Conham Bathing. Continue reading...

A Sitka fisherman draws on decades on Alaska's waters to argue that federal fisheries managers must better protect marine life and coastal communities.

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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The U.S. has tapped into its strategic oil reserve to help drive down rising gasoline prices in the wake of the war with Iran. Can oil from Venezuela help fill it back up?

Glenda Beal’s roots in lobstering run nearly as deep as her roots in the town that shares her name: Beals Island, Maine. Her husband and two sons are lobstermen, as were her father and uncle, both gra...

They spent years investigating illegal dumping and other crimes.

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