While waiting for stormy weather to clear and sea turtle boat rescues to resume, I have been meeting with agency officials, marine life care facilities and local community organizers to…
Today Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) joined shrimp boat captains and conservation partners in a lawsuit filed in New Orleans to halt BP oil burning operations immediately until the safety…
Killing of Sea Turtles in “Burn Boxes” Violates Endangered Species Act SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network today officially notified BP and the U.S….
The Cove enviro-thriller is mobilizing people around the world to call for the end to the slaughter of 23,000 dolphins every year in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. Nearly…
GotMercury.org and Mercury Policy Project filed comments today on the Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to improve food safety by helping to reduce the risk of mercury exposure…
Program Director Teri Shore and Gulf Director Carole Allen called on Chevron to stop harming people, the environment and sea turtles at a press conference in front of the oil…
The Sea Turtle Restoration Project is headed to the Gulf of Mexico to launch our Gulf Spill Sea Turtle Rescue and Action Team. Dr. Chris Pincetich has been posting daily…
A new study by Duke University suggests that humans need to be more wary of saltwater fish like tuna, mackerel and sharks than of freshwater fish. Although seawater has lower…
The Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program is vigorously cleaning endangered Kemp’s Ridley juvenile sea turtles that have been coming in to the center covered in oil. At…
With at least 535 sea turtles impacted by the deadly duo of the oil spill and commercial fishers taking shortcuts in the confusion that is the Gulf of Mexico, it…