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According to NOAA, more than 85 percent of all North Atlantic right whales have been entangled in fishing lines at least once. And getting entangled in heavy gear can stress and injure the animals, making it difficult for them to swim, feed and breathe, the agency said. A study of more ...

Maine’s plan to build an offshore wind port on an undeveloped island is facing pushback from some environmental groups, exemplifying the trade-offs and land use conflicts embedded in the clean energy transition. Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced this year that Sears Island was the “ ...

EPA is collecting data on “forever chemicals” in wastewater that eventually make their way to rivers and streams across the nation, a move that could inform future limits on the substances. While the data collection is a welcome step, EPA should have begun gathering the information “ ...

EPA used the wrong process when it ordered a plastics company, Inhance, to stop unintentionally creating “forever chemicals,” the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in a Thursday opinion. It’s a major blow to environmental and health advocates like Kyla Bennett, ...

A watchdog group released a report Monday highly critical of the Bureau of Land Management and its attempts to improve its culture over the past three years. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, released the results of a 2023 federal survey that it says was never ...