The story of the threats to critically endangered leatherback sea turtles from longline hoooks along the West Coast is told by KPIX Greenbeat reporter Jeffrey Schaub. The news segment aired…
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During the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in Barcelona from October 5 to 14, three resolutions were adopted calling for improved protection of leatherback turtles, sharks and whales.While the…
Forest Knolls, CA – Today Gotmercury.org made live a mobile phone version of its online mercury-in-seafood calculator that estimates mercury exposure from eating seafood: www.gotmercury.mobi Shoppers and diners can use…
Forest Knolls, CA – Today Gotmercury.org made live a mobile phone version of its online mercury-in-seafood calculator that estimates mercury exposure from eating seafood: www.gotmercury.mobi Shoppers and diners can use…
Scientists Call for Protected “Swimways” for the Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle at International Environmental Meeting The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress this week adopted…
Scientists Call for Protected Ocean Corridors for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles and Sharks at International Environmental Meeting The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress this…
The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (S.906), a bipartisan bill introduced in March 2007, will ban the export of mercury from the United States. While it does not directly…
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress passed a resolution calling on the world, but especially Costa Rica and Ecuador where the species migrate between…
The Gulf of Mexico from the Texas/Louisiana boundary southward to the boundary shared by Matagorda and Brazoria Counties (Texas) is full of debris following Hurricane Ike. The National Marine Fisheries…
The World Bank is no bastion of environmental conservation, but they have joined the swelling ranks of governments, environmental NGOs, fishery managers, and even the WTO (!) in speaking up…