A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum, which sees more than 80,000 visitors a year, is planning to expand its campus with a new ...

Massachusetts politicians were fine with the economic costs of protecting endangered species – but only when it meant ...

The Biden Administration has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required more ships to slow down off the Atlantic ...

The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to ...

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

Federal officials have withdrawn a proposed slow zone for ferries, ships and large boats along the U.S. East Coast, after ...

With the Biden administration’s time in office coming to an end, regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

There has been an “unprecedented” number of whale strandings along the south shore of Massachusetts this year, officials from ...

Democrat Maura Healey says slowing vessels to 10 knots near Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard would create chaos without providing effective whale protection. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is ...