Posted by Joel Reynolds in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment
Many people know about NRDC's on-going battle to save whales and dolphins from ear-splitting military sonar. After watching an extraordinary and award-winning new movie, The Cove, hopefully many more will learn about the current battle to save thousands of dolphins...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In yesterday's New York Times Magazine ("Watching Whales Watch Us"), author Charles Siebert lays out a compelling case for what many people have long suspected: that great whales are conscious, social, interactive animals with complex social structures and cultures. The...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Most people have never seen a California condor. Last week, when I arrived at a meeting of the Tejon Ranch Conservancy at a cabin in the heart of the Tejon Ranch north of Los Angeles, a number of these...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today, the Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed I co-authored with Bobby Shriver on the fate of a disastrous toll road proposed by the Transportation Corridor Agencies in Southern California. I encourage you to discuss the article: O.C.'s road test Rejection of...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Every once in a while there is a movie so good it's astonishing, and this morning I saw one. It's called The Cove, and it has just been screened at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and standing ovations. ...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Former President Bush may have left DC, but his legacy to degrade national environmental laws and allow the military to circumvent marine mammal protection laws continues. I was disappointed today to see the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issue final...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week, NRDC settled a significant case with the Navy. In 2005, we challenged mid-frequency active sonar training exercises that were being carried out around the world without the adequate environmental review required by federal law. Despite mounting evidence that...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Next Wednesday, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Winter v NRDC, our case challenging the Navy's illegal use of sonar off the southern California coast. As I wrote about previously, NRDC challenged the Navy's refusal...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Californians made their voices heard loud and clear in support of the state park at San Onofre at a public hearing before the U.S. Department of Commerce in Del Mar, California. The Los Angeles Times reported that over 6,000 people...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today in Del Mar, California, the Bush Administration is finally holding a public hearing on the fate of the state park at San Onofre. As I wrote about previously, the California Coastal Commission voted overwhelmingly to block a massive toll...
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week, conservationists in California lost two of their strongest allies for our state parks. Gov. Schwarzenegger removed Clint Eastwood and Bobby Shriver from their leadership posts on the California State Park and Recreation Commission after their vocal and effective...
