For Immediate Release, September 3, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Brittany McWhorter, Gulf of Mexico Environmental Program Coordinator, brittany@seaturtles.org What’s Hiding in Galveston’s Sand? Local Volunteers…
For Immediate Release, September 1, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Elise Bennett, Florida & Caribbean Director, Center for Biological Diversity, ebennett@biologicaldiversity.org, 727-755-6950 Ella Stern, Communications Specialist, Defenders…
Written by Isabella Piñón, Gulf of Mexico Program Intern (Summer 2026). My first week working as an intern at Turtle Island Restoration Network I spoke in front of 40 people,…
For Immediate Release, August 12, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Alex Horn, Healthy Gulf, alex@healthygulf.org Trump Administration Holds Latest Giveaway of Gulf Waters to…
For Immediate Release, August 10, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Brittany McWhorter, Gulf Environmental Program Coordinator, brittany@seaturtles.org Gulf Coast Communities Rally in Galveston to Defend the Endangered…
Article written by Communications Intern, Desmond de Jesus. Every meaningful movement begins with people deciding that change is possible. Plastic Free July is no different. What started as a grassroots…
Header image of the industrial cooling towers at a Google data center located in The Dalles, Oregon, credit: El País. Image 1 of OpenAI’s Stargate project in Abilene, Texas via…
For Immediate Release, July 24, 2026 Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Laurel Irvine, Communications Manager, lirvine@seaturtles.org Turtle Island Restoration Network Celebrates a Record-Breaking Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Nesting…
For Immediate Release, July 15, 2026 Contacts: Beth Martin, Environment Texas (Houston), 512-731-1272, bmartin@environmenttexas.org Brittany McWhorter, Turtle Island Restoration Network (Galveston), 409-795-8426, brittany@tirn.net Environmental Advocates, Rice University Students to Hold…
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Brittany McWhorter, Gulf Environmental Program Coordinator, brittany@seaturtles.org Sarah Burgess, Surfrider Galveston Chair, chair@galveston.surfrider.org Turtle Island Restoration…
