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The agency says 20 percent of North Atlantic right whales have died, suffered injuries or fallen sick over the past seven years, mostly from vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. Read More

Mounting challenges to chemical rules are expected to leave appeals courts with major authority over how the Toxic Substances Control Act is implemented. Read More

The agency “failed to make sure these harmful pollutants won’t drive some endangered species to extinction,” the Center for Biological Diversity’s Ryan Maher said. Read More

Australia-based Jervois Mining, which is trying to develop the nation’s first cobalt mine in Idaho, is struggling in the face of Chinese competition. Read More

Starting Monday, the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. will experience dangerous, bone-chilling cold and wind chills, forecasters said. Read More

The president-elect is being asked to waive environmental reviews for critical-mineral projects. Experts say it won’t be that simple. Read More

“It’s ridiculous. I’ll unban it immediately,” President-elect Donald Trump said Monday of a lame-duck Biden administration move to curb offshore oil drilling. Read More

The Fish and Wildlife Service originally identified water development and urbanization as the primary threats to the species. Read More