"Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday."

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind."

"President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales."

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

"The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, fishing regulators voted Tuesday."

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

"An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds"

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."