Posted May 24, 2013 by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
This afternoon, members of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee stopped Assembly Bill 521 -- a groundbreaking proposal to create a statewide marine plastic pollution producer responsibility program – from moving forward in the legislature. This is a missed opportunity to...continued→
Posted May 24, 2013 by David Newman in Reviving the World's Oceans
Imagine finding a new species of fish on an alien planet. Upon close inspection, you notice that the vast majority of individuals are female. You think: this doesn’t bode well for the species. And then, something magical occurs – a...continued→
Posted May 23, 2013 by Taryn Kiekow in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This week NRDC is running a series of ads in Washington D.C. asking the Obama administration to stop the proposed Pebble Mine. The ads feature Alaskans from Bristol Bay — including former State Senate President Rick Halford — explaining, in...continued→
Posted May 20, 2013 by Francesca Koe in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Delaware may be tiny in terms of its size, but in terms of its bold action for ocean conservation and the protection of the apex predators that sustain our marine resources Delaware is a giant. This week Governor Jack Markell of...continued→
Posted May 17, 2013 by Brad Sewell in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Today marks an important day for sharks off our Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Responding to a petition filed by NRDC in February, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) today...continued→
Posted May 16, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Arctic Council meetings in Kiruna, Sweden this week, he described the way melting ice is altering life in the Arctic. “Our warming planet means the Arctic's ecosystem is experiencing significant, rapid...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Taryn Kiekow in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Alaskanist Stories has just released “sea swallow’d,” a gem of a film by flyfisher Ryan Peterson that presents the Stop Pebble campaign in an elegantly simple but incredibly powerful light. sea-swallow'd from ryan peterson on Vimeo. Its spare cinematography confronts...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans
Imagine if you had a chance to hold the pen when the boundaries of Yosemite National Park were drawn. Or imagine if you were able to protect mountain goats and big horn sheep by establishing Glacier National Park. In a...continued→
Posted May 14, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Just two decades ago, most of the Arctic Ocean was covered in ice all year long. But climate change has caused the Arctic to heat up twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and the region is rapidly...continued→
Posted May 9, 2013 by Brant Olson in Curbing Pollution, Reviving the World's Oceans
Last week, California’s State Assembly took its first steps toward adopting a groundbreaking new law to help keep plastic trash out of our oceans by creating a marine plastic pollution producer responsibility program out of the Natural Resources Committee. AB...continued→
