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Controversial Dakota Pipeline Gets a Big, Belated Government Boost
Published: December 19, 2025
A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles. Read More.
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Keeping environmental justice staffers on administrative leave violates several prohibited personnel practices, the effort alleges. Read More
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Only days into the 2025 season, fishermen in the northern Gulf of Maine are told to stop harvesting sea scallops until NOAA adopts new catch limits recommended months ago. Read More
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The department in 2023 said its probe found the state of Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect regarding the risks of raw sewage in the rural, majority-Black county of Lowndes. Read More
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Buffalo Trace — which produces some of the most sought-after whiskey brands — was inundated by floodwaters from the nearby Kentucky River earlier this month. Read More
April 14, 2025
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April 14, 2025
The 11-year-old program, called Healthy Tribes, was hit in this month’s round of federal health layoffs. Read More
April 14, 2025
The federal district judge said there was a “definite causal link” between the Department of Environmental Protection’s wastewater regulations and the deaths of more than 1,000 manatees in 2021. Read More
April 14, 2025
The state has been running a pilot program since 2023 to try out so-called pop-up gear to protect whales while finding a solution to fishermen’s woes. Read More
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