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A multibillion-dollar expansion helped the canal accommodate king-size cargo ships. It might also be fueling ecological upheaval. Read More

Forest Service Chief Randy Moore hasn’t revealed his plans, but a new agency head would face tight budgets, reduced hiring and ongoing challenges. Read More

Lawmakers will be in the Capitol building to vote to certify election results, though, and federal telework and remote employees are expected to work. Read More

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