Published by Ocean Conservancy It’s almost that time of year—Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup®—Saturday, September 16! Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers gather in communities across the globe to remove millions of pounds of trash from our coasts. Volunteers with Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup® have picked up everything imaginable along the world’s shorelines: cigarette butts, […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Whether you are a first-time hunter or a seasoned sportsman or woman, there’s no better place for a hunt than on America’s public lands. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/everything-you-need-know-about-hunting-public-lands
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As we lend our immediate support to Gulf Coast communities, we must also protect people from such future disasters by addressing infrastructure, safety measures, flood policies, and climate change. People in Houston are evacuated on rescue boats as floodwaters from Harvey rise, August 28, 2017. David J. Phillip/AP […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Our ocean, as you know, is a very busy place. Thanks to the common-sense approach of ocean planning that combines shared data, innovative management tools and open engagement between all who rely on a strong ocean economy, I am pleased to be able to share six inspiring examples of ocean planning in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Big Win in the Fight to End Illegal Fishing and Seafood Fraud If we want healthy oceans, we need to know more about the seafood we eat. A lot more. That’s why we are celebrating news about the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, also known as the seafood traceability […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Every morning, my father would wake up just before dawn and make the long drive to the North Shore. The moments he spent sitting on his surfboard and watching the sun’s rays break the horizon are the backdrop to the stories he would tell me as a child. His life revolved around […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As the national (and global) crisis of antibiotic resistance worsens, it garners more attention. Deservedly so. “We are running out of antibiotics fast“ is how the “Stopping Superbugs” series PBS NewsHour began earlier this month. Without stronger, swifter action – my friends who are infectious disease docs warn – we’ll […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Elitza Germanov is a microbiologist turned marine scientist through her passion for scuba diving and volunteering. As a scuba diver, she observed the challenges faced by our ocean and its inhabitants firsthand—especially those associated with marine debris. Elitza’s experiences motivated her to pursue a career in research with Murdoch University and the Marine Megafauna […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund catmoz/Pixabay President Trump, to put it mildly, hasn’t worked too hard to bring Democrats and Republicans together on many issues. By almost any account, the partisan divide in this country today is wider than it’s been in living memory, certainly wider than it was before he took office. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Housatonic River, Pittsfield, Massachusetts JDW Foto/iStock The Housatonic River is a favorite of New England fly-fishers, kayakers, and hikers. Flowing through the rolling hills of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the river makes an idyllic backdrop to the region’s famous fall foliage. It meanders under covered bridges and through Connecticut, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A non-announcement about the future of our national monuments, plus more climate change denial and an attempt to hide the health risks of coal mining. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, New Mexico Bob Wick/BLM Team Trump has hardly been shy in its zeal to promote dangerous development of dirty […]
With another hurricane season underway, the chemical industry is prepared to build on the successful actions taken to weather previous major storms. During previous storms such as Katrina and Ike, American Chemistry Council (ACC) members’ emergency preparations worked as planned. Not one employee at a chemical facility was injured, and neither the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Michael Van Vleet/Flickr Ever since a group of sadistic bro-foons dragged a shark behind their speedboat earlier this year (and videoed themselves laughing through it all), I’ve been trying to figure out what’s against the law when it comes to shark fishing off the coast of Florida and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the world’s biggest restaurant chain took a modest step forward in the fight against antibiotic resistance with its release of a new global chicken policy, as well as an update to the company’s Global Vision for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Food Animals. In 2015, McDonald’s announcement to eliminate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is due this week to submit his report and recommendations on the fate of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, as well as 26 other national monuments (see my blog here about how this report came about). If this decision […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For the first time in America’s history, many of our national monuments are at risk for industrial exploitation. Alamy Devils Tower National Park, Wyoming Devils Tower More than a century ago, some of the most important natural, cultural, and historic places in the United States were under threat. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Over the weekend, the Trump administration allowed the charter to lapse for a 15-member federal climate advisory committee (or FAC, on which I was a member) that gathers real information from real people about the impacts of climate change today. The result: There will be far less of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Concerned Citizens of Richmond County protest Enviva, which is planning to open a wood-pellet plant in Dobbin Heights, North Carolina. Call to Action Media Debra David lives with her two sisters, Mary and Betty, in their childhood home in Dobbins Heights, a North Carolina town of fewer than […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today’s guest blog comes from Sarah Grasty, a project scientist at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science. Her research team is one of many studying the health of the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. We all know the ocean is big. But sometimes it’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The devastating effects of water pollution are on full display this summer. The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone”, which is an oxygen-poor area off the Gulf Coast, is the largest ever measured since record-keeping began more than 30 years ago. In fact, this year’s dead zone is as […]