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...
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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...
Trump Illegally Eliminates Protections for First and Only Monument in the Atlantic Ocean
Teeming with ancient coral, marine mammals, seabirds, and undiscovered species, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is no place for com...
Trump Is Selling Out Our Oceans Amidst a Crisis
In a new executive order, the Trump Administration is eyeing our oceans as its next target for rolling back protections in the midst of an unprecedented public ...
EPA Issues Unprecedented “License to Pollute” During Pandemic
Amidst a public health crisis, the agency will indefinitely suspend environmental protections that help keep our air and water safe....
Trump Aims to Weaken Ocean Protections
Fire boats battling blaze on Deepwater Horizon oil rig. April 21, 2010. Florida Sea Grant, Coast Guard. https://www.flickr.com/photos/flseagrant/7782496154/in/...