A federal district court in California rejected four amendments to rules that require agencies to consult with federal ...

The alterations came during President Donald Trump's first term, after he ordered a rollback of unnecessary regulatory ...

Oil drilling is now exempt from following critical endangered species rules, a decision that could doom a rare whale species ...

Hegseth triggered the exemption process, citing national security concerns.

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972, has prevented the extinction of marine mammal species in U.S. waters. Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the act by restricting scientific data ...

The Trump administration has exempted Gulf oil drilling from Endangered Species Act protections, prompting concerns over the ...

A meeting of agency leaders led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum exempted offshore oil and gas operations from ...

The Trump administration exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act, prompting ...

A U.S. government panel was due to convene Tuesday for the first time since 1992 to consider exempting oil and gas drilling ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Floridians were enraged last summer when a viral video showed men offshore Panama City capturing a giant manta ray, a federally threatened species, and hoisting the animal onto their ...