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New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs [1]

Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and  killing crabs and fish.

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Baltimore Sun [5], 08/09/2008
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U.S. Revokes Endangered Species Listing for Permian Basin Lizard, Resolves Texas Attorney General Lawsuit [6]

“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered ​species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”

Biodiversity [2]
Conflict/Corruption [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Reuters [14], 06/09/2026
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Kelp — The Understory, Underwater [15]

Massive kelp groves, little-noticed despite their proximity to populated coastlines or their importance to ecosystems and to us humans, face numerous pressures and a drastic decline. In “Forest of the Sea,” author David Helvarg dives into the subject, literally, to help reveal this unique undersea world. BookShelf contributing editor Jennifer Weeks has a review.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
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National (U.S.) [12]
International [23]
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Public [3]
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Releasing Cool Water Protects Fish In Grand Canyon - At Cost To Hydro [24]

"As the Colorado River and its once massive reservoirs shrink from overuse and climate change, officials are faced with a decision that pits conservation against ratepayer costs for electricity."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [26]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: AP [28], 06/03/2026
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"Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors" [29]

"Democrats said Tuesday they intend to fight the Trump administration’s plan to eradicate a deep-ocean observation system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [30]
Environmental Studies [31]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [23]
Source: New York Times [32], 06/03/2026
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"Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales" [33]

"Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Here’s what they sound like when they communicate. They live only in the Gulf of Mexico, where air guns firing sonic blasts are used to survey the ocean floor for oil and gas. The low frequency of the blasts overlaps with the frequency of the calls of the whales."

Biodiversity [2]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [30]
Environmental Studies [31]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: New York Times [34], 06/02/2026
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Report Calls For Stricter Fertilizer Rules As Nitrate Pollution Grows [35]

"Lax regulations and mismanaged applications in the US are to blame for the tons of nitrogen fertilizer that runs off into waterways each year and contributes to water and air pollution, cancer and environmental damage, according to a report released Monday."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [37]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The New Lede [39], 06/02/2026
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Park Service Raised Alarms Over Trump Administration’s Tennis Center Plan [40]

"National Park Service officials repeatedly raised legal and environmental concerns over the Trump administration’s plan to lease public parkland, including the site of a professional tennis tournament, to a private operator widely expected to be the tournament’s operator, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post."

Biodiversity [2]
Conflict/Corruption [7]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: Washington Post [42], 06/02/2026
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"ESA Success Stories: Survival Of The Protected" [43]

"In 1782, when the United States adopted the bald eagle as its national symbol, anecdotal accounts stated that the country may have had as many as 100,000 nesting eagles. By the mid-1900s, habitat destruction, illegal shooting, and DDT contamination had driven bald eagles near extinction."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Politics [30]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: National Parks Traveler [44], 06/01/2026
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"Trump Moves To Open Federal Lands To More Off-Road Vehicle Use" [45]

"Executive orders limiting off-road vehicle access to federal lands signed decades ago by Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter have been revoked by President Donald Trump, drawing concerns over possible impacts to Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands and perhaps some in the National Park System."

Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: National Parks Traveler [46], 06/01/2026
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