Earlier today, the Trump administration’s so-called “Extinction Committee” (the renamed Endangered Species Committee or now dubbed “God Squad”) approved a shockingly monstrous plan to strip protections from endangered wildlife in the…
Oil, and humanity’s dependency on it, has dominated global media headlines this month. Now, our country’s most pristine ecosystems in the Western Arctic is being dragged into that same extractive-focused…
On Friday, March 13th, President Trump signed an executive order expanding the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a rarely used Cold-War Era law, in an attempt to allow the…
This weekend, I let myself truly step away – something that feels nearly impossible amid the current chaos and upheaval of our world. I swam in the Pacific Ocean, hiked…
Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced a new initiative to open significantly larger portions of the U.S. continental shelf to offshore oil and gas drilling, including waters off California…
Among the many iconic whale species residing in the Gulf of Mexico (Humpback, Sperm, Dwarf & pygmy sperm, Melon-headed and Short-finned pilot) lives one of the rarest whales on Earth – the Rice’s…
Nurdles are not an accident of nature; they are an industrial product spilling into our environment that can be controlled by man. Monitoring their spread doesn’t prevent harm, zero discharge…
Header photo of North Atlantic Right Whales by PEW.
For Immediate Release, February 5, 2026 Contact: Todd Steiner, Founder & Special Projects, TSteiner@seaturtles.org Laurel Irvine, Communications Manager, LIrvine@seaturtles.org Turtle Island Restoration Network Invites Divers and Ocean Enthusiasts to Join…
