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Trump Moves to Open 90 Percent of Our Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling

Trump Moves to Open 90 Percent of Our Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling

President Trump has launched the most sweeping industrial assault in history on our oceans, marine life, coasts and all they support, proposing to expose nearly all U.S. waters to the risk of another BP oil spill–style disaster. In a move that would put every American coastal community at risk, Trump proposed Thursday to hand over […]

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    Baby Dolphin Dies After Beachgoers Pull It From Water For Selfies

    Baby Dolphin Dies After Beachgoers Pull It From Water For Selfies

    Not again! A baby dolphin died last Friday in southern Spain after beachgoers took the mammal out of the water and passed it around for photos, according to media reports. The incident was detailed in several Facebook posts from Equinac, a Spanish marine wildlife conservation group. The organization said the dolphin was stranded on the […]

    Trump Administration Denies Protection for Endangered Species Killed by Gillnets

    Trump Administration Denies Protection for Endangered Species Killed by Gillnets

    The new federal administration withdrew a proposed rule Monday that would have protected endangered species—including whales, dolphins and sea turtles—caught and killed in the drift gillnet fishery targeting swordfish off California. Monday’s decision demonstrates the administration’s blatant disregard for recommendations of its own fishery advisors and reverses course on commitments made by the previous administration. […]

    Trump Administration One Step Closer to Approving Seismic Airgun Blasting

    Trump Administration One Step Closer to Approving Seismic Airgun Blasting

    The Trump administration issued Monday a draft Incidental Harassment Authorizations for seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, an extremely loud and dangerous process used to search for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean’s surface. By issuing these draft Incidental Harassment Authorizations for public comment, Oceana said the federal government is giving another […]

    Noise Pollution Forces Whales and Dolphins From Their Homes

    Noise Pollution Forces Whales and Dolphins From Their Homes

    By Jason Bittel Waves lap at motionless heaps of blubber and fins and the sun bears down on chapped skin. Gulls start to, well, do what gulls do. This heartbreaking scene happened in January when nearly 100 false killer whales became stranded along a remote shore in the Florida Everglades. Authorities tried to steer the […]

    Watch Sea Shepherd Ship Sail with Megapod of Dolphins

    Watch Sea Shepherd Ship Sail with Megapod of Dolphins

    On Feb. 25, while patrolling the waters of the Gulf of California for Operation Milagro III, the M/V Sam Simon sailed through a megapod of dolphins with numbers estimated to be more than 1,000 individuals. The elation and joy of this sight comes with the realization that many of these dolphins’ lives will be cut […]

    82 False Killer Whales Dead in Massive Stranding Off Everglades National Park

    82 False Killer Whales Dead in Massive Stranding Off Everglades National Park

    Ninety-five false killer whales were stranded off the coast of Hog Key in Florida’s Everglades National Park over the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wrote in a Facebook post this morning that 82 animals are now confirmed dead and 13 are unaccounted for. Earlier reports put the death toll at 81. https://twitter.com/NOAAFish_SERO/status/821063024467386368 […]