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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Science, Industry, NGOs Brief Congress on Right Whale Crisis

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
If we are going to save the North Atlantic right whale, we must act now. That was the resounding message from scientists, the fishing industry, and environmental groups at a briefing on Capitol Hill yesterday. Staffers were provided with three…

State of Emergency for Atlantic Whales

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
Something disturbing is happening off our Atlantic coast. Unprecedented numbers of great whales are washing up dead on our shores.

House Preparing to Sacrifice Right Whales for Big Oil

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
North Atlantic right whales—the most iconic marine mammal of the U.S. East Coast—are struggling to survive. This year alone has seen the devastating loss of at least 16 whales, leading the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to declare that the…

New Study Offers Way Out of Hot Water & Salmon Crisis

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw, Giulia C.S. Good Stefani
The Pacific Northwest’s salmon are in big, hot trouble. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on a wild range of government efforts to save these sacred and essential fish—from transporting salmon in trucks around dams that block the river…

Atlantic Seismic Will Impact Marine Mammals and Fisheries

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
A proposal to allow permits for large-scale seismic oil and gas exploration off the mid-Atlantic and south Atlantic coasts overlooks the best available scientific evidence, which shows that noise from seismic airguns poses significant harm to marine mammals, and a…