At the end of this post I am going to invite you to join us in a “Virtual Lobby Day” in Washington DC! In last week’s post we applauded all of the new administrative directives on the rapidly unfolding climate crisis, and…
I was on a call yesterday with one of my many working groups – the “MMPA Coalition” focused on the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This august assembly of environmental and conservation specialists includes lawyers, scientists, “policy wonks,” lobbyists, and communications…
With much more than a sigh of relief; I can start breathing again more regularly as the wheels of our Republic start pulling out of the ditch they’ve been stuck in for some time now. But there is much more…
Who would have imagined that we would be in these circumstances 50 years after the first Earth Day? We all thought the ceremonial designation of a day to honor the Earth was advanced specifically to avoid this grim horizon –…
In these last months of the current administration, they are hell-bent on destroying all regulations that constrain extraction industries – which is why we need to show up!
We’ve just returned from Washington DC, where the first week of June is “Ocean Week” with the question “Will NOAA ever become independent of the Department of Commerce?”