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Center for Biological Diversity: BALTIMORE— Under an agreement approved today in U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect endangered Rice’s whales and other imperiled marine species from harmful oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Today, federal agencies agreed to seek better ways to protect the endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale from harmful oil and gas drilling.

Six groups submitted a petition today to BOEM calling on the agency to end a routine practice of fast-tracking offshore oil and gas projects.

Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— Six environmental groups submitted a petition today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management calling on the agency to end a routine practice of fast-tracking approval for offshore oil and gas projects. The Interior Department first adopted a “categorical exclusion” for oil and gas activities in 1981, allowing exploration and development plans to win approval for much of the Gulf of Mexico without undergoing the site-specific analysis normally re...

A USA TODAY analysis of federal data found that railway incidents requiring nearby residents to flee possible explosions or toxic fumes are rare.

A USA TODAY analysis of federal data\u00a0found that railway incidents requiring\u00a0nearby residents to flee possible explosions\u00a0or toxic fumes\u00a0are rare.

Center for Biological Diversity: 78 Million Acre Sales Violated Bedrock Environmental Law

Federal judge rules that Biden administration did not properly consider the leases’ impact upon the climate crisis

Court decision casts uncertainty over the future of offshore drilling in a significant win for climate campaigners.

A group of South Texas ocelots is teetering on the edge of extinction and environmentalists asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to force the government to redo its analysis of how the cats will be affected by two natural gas projects. Female ocelot on the branch (Credit: Tambako the Jaguar, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0) HOUSTON (CN) — Ocelots inhabiting scrubland at the tip of Texas loomed large in a Fifth Circuit hearing Wednesday, as environmental groups assailed the government’s approva...