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Mauritius Oil Spill: Japan Asked to Pay $34 Million for Recovery Efforts

Mauritius Oil Spill: Japan Asked to Pay $34 Million for Recovery Efforts

By Seerat Chabba Mauritius has asked Japan to pay close to 3.6 billion yen (€28.5 billion, $34 million) in order to support local fishermen whose livelihoods were adversely impacted by an oil leak last month, according to a Mauritian government document accessed by Japanese news agency Kyodo News. The spill occurred when Japanese bulk carrier […]

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    Massive Fleet of Chinese Fishing Boats Threaten Galapagos Islands

    Massive Fleet of Chinese Fishing Boats Threaten Galapagos Islands

    Ecuador authorities are keeping tabs on a fleet of roughly 260 fishing boats near the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ecuadorian boats are patrolling to try to stop the fishing boats from entering the area, according to Reuters. The ships are just outside the perimeter of the 188-mile-wide economic zone. “This fleet’s size […]

    Brazil’s Amazon River Dolphin Faces Extinction After Fishing Moratorium Ends

    Brazil’s Amazon River Dolphin Faces Extinction After Fishing Moratorium Ends

    By Peter Yeung A pair of pink Amazon river dolphins emerges for just a moment, arcing above the chocolate brown waters inside the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, a research facility at the tropical heart of the Brazilian Amazon. Powerful jets of water spray out of their blowholes as these freshwater mammals take in air […]

    Trump Opens Marine Sanctuary to Commercial Fishing

    Trump Opens Marine Sanctuary to Commercial Fishing

    By Jake Johnson In a move that environmentalists warned could further imperil hundreds of endangered species and a protected habitat for the sake of profit, President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation rolling back an Obama-era order and opening nearly 5,000 square miles off the coast of New England to commercial fishing. “We’re opening […]

    Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Accelerate Corporate Ocean Pollution

    Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Accelerate Corporate Ocean Pollution

    By Jake Johnson President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday that environmentalists warned will accelerate the corporate exploitation of oceans by relaxing regulations on and streamlining the construction of industrial offshore aquaculture facilities, which critics deride as “floating factory farms” that pump pollution and diseases into public waters. The Don’t Cage Our Ocean […]

    Brazil’s Bolsonaro Unveils Bill to Open Indigenous Lands to Mining, Oil and Gas Exploration

    Brazil’s Bolsonaro Unveils Bill to Open Indigenous Lands to Mining, Oil and Gas Exploration

    By Jan Rocha President Jair Bolsonaro pressed forward with a “dream” initiative sending a bill to the Brazilian Congress on Wednesday that would open indigenous reserves in the Amazon and elsewhere to development, including commercial mining, oil and gas exploration, cattle ranching and agribusiness, new hydroelectric dam projects, and tourism — projects that have been […]