The North Atlantic right whale is already one of the most endangered whales, with fewer than 450 of the iconic marine mammals left on the planet. But the situation appears to be getting worse: Researchers tracking the whales‘ usual calving grounds off Georgia and northern Florida have not seen a single calf yet this breeding […]
By Jamie Henn Let’s talk for a moment about how the climate movement is going to fight back in 2018. But first, a public service announcement. This Jan. 31, movement leaders like the one-and-only Bernie Sanders, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus, Jacqueline Patterson of the NAACP, and more, […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger slammed President Trump‘s plans to dramatically expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling. “Don’t touch California. If you want to drill, do it off Mar-a-Lago,” the former California governor and vocal Trump critic tweeted Monday, referring to the president’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. “Or better yet, look to the future, follow California’s […]
Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke‘s controversial decision to take Florida out of his proposed plan to greatly expand offshore drilling is causing clashes within the administration, according to multiple reports. The head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which manages offshore leasing, told a Congressional subcommittee Friday that it had “no formal decision” on Florida […]
Politicians from coastal states around the country continue to call for their states to be exempt from the Trump administration’s proposed expansion of offshore drilling following its politically-tinged decision last week to remove Florida from the plan. The Interior Department said last week that Secretary Ryan Zinke had spoken with seven coastal governors opposed to […]
The Trump administration will exclude Florida from its controversial offshore oil drilling plan after a plea from the state governor, Rick Scott. “I support the governor’s position that Florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver,” Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke said Tuesday. “As a result of discussion with […]
By Andy Rowell As Washington continues to digest the explosive revelations in the book Fire and Fury about the chaotic and dysfunctional White House and whether the president is mentally fit for office, the Trump administration continues its full-frontal assault on the environment. Last week, just as Fire and Fury started to send shock-waves around […]
Belize, home of the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, has permanently suspended oil operations in its ocean waters. The legislation marks the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceans—and all the life within—from oil exploration and extraction. The new suspension of oil activity marks […]
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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