Congress Takes Up Ocean Climate Action
The House Natural Resources Committee has begun tackling the monumental Ocean-Based Climate Solutions bill (H.R. 8632). The first of its kind to address the oce...
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Grijalva Bill Makes the Ocean Part of the Climate Solution
The ocean supports us in so many ways—it feeds us, produces half the oxygen we breathe, is a source of jobs and recreation, its wetlands and reefs protect ins...
Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not b...
NRDC Sues Trump Administration, Again, to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale
After two successful lawsuits, the whale is federally recognized as being at risk of extinction—but the administration has failed to designate critical habita...
Our Climate and Ocean in Crisis
Climate change has harmed our ocean, but our ocean can still help turn the tide. Today’s House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis report highlights the ne...
How Trump Marked Nat’l Oceans Month: Axing Ocean Protections
Nearly three years ago, I expressed concern about what this President might do to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument , a protected...