Major Victory on Low-Frequency Sonar
Sperm whale mother and calf Gabriel Barathieu On Friday, a ruling in NRDC’s latest sonar case came down from the Ninth Circuit, the federal court of appeals...
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Senators: Halt Seismic Permitting
More opposition to seismic blasting in the Atlantic. Yesterday afternoon, a group of eighteen Senators, led by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bill Nelson (D-FL...
Experts: Right Whales are Declining, and Proposed Airgun Blasting Would Jeopardize Their Survival
A right whale mom with her newborn calf, off the Florida coast NOAA Is the Obama administration willing to sacrifice an entire species of iconic, endangered...
Letter: New Evidence Shows Government Grossly Underestimated Risks of Atlantic Oil and Gas Exploration
Last year the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an environmental analysis that would open the east coast, from the New Jersey/ Delaware border...
New Paper: Government's Analysis of Airgun Surveys Is Wrong
In court, federal agencies sometimes attempt to justify environmentally backward decision-making by pointing to their environmental impact statement, a...