Lobstermen and salmon conservationists say industrial aquaculture is ruining the health of Maine’s waters and threatening its fishing heritage.

Wildfire officials in the region don’t know what long-term impacts federal personnel reductions and proposed research station closures will have on their ability to fight fires.

Troy Jackson’s emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.

The Maine secretary of state ended her run in a crowded race to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee.

Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, showed signs of significant strength, as half the state’s counties picked delegates to a convention where they will choose Graham Platner’s r...

Along most of the Atlantic coast, alewives are struggling after decades of damming and overfishing. But in Maine, the fish is rebounding—and towns’ historic harvests are growing.

Like lobster rolls, wild blueberries are iconic in Maine. But heat and drought have set the plants back to a point where many small farmers are struggling against reduced yields and increased costs fo...

The invasive emerald ash borer, native to northeast Asia, has spread to 37 states over the past quarter century, killing nearly all of the ash trees it infests. But in Maine, a coalition of basketmake...

The invasive emerald ash borer, native to northeast Asia, has spread to 37 states over the past quarter century, killing nearly all of the ash trees it infests. But in Maine, a coalition of basketmake...

One lifelong resident remembers driving out onto lakes with his family as a boy without worrying about the thickness of the ice. Now, Maine’s lakes have 25 fewer ice days per winter.

Weather disasters are shared experiences in the Maine foothills and communities are preparing for a wetter, warmer future.

Well before the ban took effect, the “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems had tainted drinking-water wells, vegetable roots, beef and milk in Maine.

Softshell clams flourished for centuries on the Passamaquoddy’s Pleasant Point Reservation, before overfishing and climate change. Now, more than a million are maturing in a garden created three years...

The tap water in Sipayik has smelled and tasted bad for years. A new, deep well in town has been helping, but now the Trump administration has clawed back grant funds for water testing and filtration.

Sea level rise, dwindling fisheries and Trump budget cuts make the Passamaquoddy tribe’s resiliency quest a test of smart planning and stubborn will.

A pilot program on Dauphin Island, Alabama, aims to find out.

Project would reconnect 230 miles of migratory routes

Mississippi Delta program encourages healthier soil, sustainable farms

Can shoreline restoration rein in rising flood insurance prices?

Plants, habitat “corridors” added for first time

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention ...

One of the most endangered animals in the world, freshwater mussels are threatened by pollution, climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species. But in the epicenter of their diversity — the South...

Coal ash pollution looks likely to lose priority status for federal agency

Samford professor explores how religious faith shapes trust in science

Amid climate change, ‘dismalites’ keep on glowing

From gardens to genomes, state and conservation groups continue trying new approaches to oyster restoration

UA digital seed bank helps preserve Choctaw heritage

Volunteer science ‘hub’ helps communities tackle environmental injustices

With NOAA grants, two Alabama research teams take aim at microplastic pollution

Despite plentiful resources, Alabama may need more water management

New Alabama Power fee will deter renewable energy investment, solar advocates say

Months after Ala., Ga. governors’ agreement, questions remain on whether it will end ‘water wars’

Two federal grants will fund next stages of dam removal project

New funding to turn former mines into ecological, development opportunities

Belle Mina residents fear proposed quarry will cause irreversible damage

Expanded testing sets baseline understanding for education, advocacy on PFAS chemicals.

Program teaches kids about science, justice in Africatown by Sydney Cromwell Healing gardens. Sea kayaks. Drone soccer. They’re all part of STEMMing the Tide, a project that aims to change school c…

Proposed solar campus would bring job training, renewable energy to Black Belt town by Sydney Cromwell When Herb Ferrette looks at his family’s 25-acre property in Union Springs, he sees green. Rig…

Religious climate activists focus on energy, justice in the Southeast by Sydney Cromwell Climate anxiety. Crisis fatigue. Whatever you call it, spend enough time thinking and reading about the real…