This summer I attended the United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, with a clear purpose: to urge Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles to finalize protection…
Read More
On April 17th, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness,” in an effort to amp up our nation's seafood production, which threatens decades of bipartisan progress...
Read More
Thank you to The Daily News Galveston, and journalist Lauren Frick, for covering the recent decision by federal regulators to deny BP’s latest Gulf of Mexico drilling proposal (The Kaskida…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rejected BP’s proposal for its first new Gulf of Mexico oilfield since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, citing serious flaws in the company’s…
“Photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard/Clean Gulf Associates via AP, a Clean Gulf Associates 95-foot response vessel skims crude oil approximately 4 miles southeast off South Pass Louisiana in…
Congress is considering a dangerous draft bill that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), one of America’s most effective and long-standing conservation laws. If passed, this reauthorization bill...
Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has initiated a process that could lead to the first deep-sea mining lease sale in U.S. federal waters, specifically off American Samoa….
North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Fewer than 370 remain, including just 70 breeding females. In recent years, numerous right whales have been killed or severely injured as a result of...
Read More
Today, on International Biodiversity Day, we are reminded of the beauty, interconnectedness and fragility of life on Earth. From vibrant coral reefs to vast underwater kelp forests, biodiversity sustains us all. But...
Read More
Today, four major environmental organizations (TIRN, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the latest failure to protect endangered species in...
Read More