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A new activity and colouring book launched teaches children and their caregivers about the sources and dangers of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Jamaica, including the risk of severe dama...

In May 2021, New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, or EMNRD, adopted new rules that prohibit routine flaring and venting and require operators to achieve a 98 percent gas capture rate by 2026.

Four Florida residents have pleaded guilty to fencing about 600 stolen outboard engines worth millions of dollars and shipping them illegally to Mexico, according to federal authorities in Miami.

The Bureau Land Management was planning to auction more than 700 acres in southeast New Mexico to the industry by the end of the year.

The island of Nonouti in Kiribati’s southern Gilbert group confirmed its readiness to welcome international travellers when it showcased its Community-Based Tourism (CBT) products to senior government officials and industry stakeholders.

Hydraulic fracturing has helped tap vast supplies of oil and natural gas in the United States, and is critical to future energy extraction processes.

Currently no evidence suggests that offshore wind farms or surveys have caused the recent spike in whale deaths. Necropsies have found the mammals were killed by vessel strikes.

KVOA (TUCSON) – A 29,000-pound, 35-foot humpback whale was found washed up and dead on the coast of New Jersey on Feb. 13, marking him as the ninth whale to

Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan has joined in the crescendo of those calling for a moratorium on offshore wind amid whale deaths.

Humpback whales continue to wash ashore along the East Coast and Mid Atlantic.