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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

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

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

Bogotá’s mayor said that crisis was resolved thanks to improved rainfall, effective conservation efforts and the expansion of a treatment plant. Read More

The 11-year-old program, called Healthy Tribes, was hit in this month’s round of federal health layoffs. Read More

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

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

A Maritime Action Plan will target port infrastructure, mariner workforce training and U.S. shipbuilding, per an executive order published Wednesday. Read More