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?”
First field report from Washington DC
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Happy (and Hopeful) Earth Day
Alright! Everybody out of the pool!
Seismic surveys used to locate fossil fuel and manage their extraction are exacting a steep toll on marine life.
What the sea conceals
Scientific inquiry has always been characterized by reaching out into the unknown and illuminating our findings. From Galileo fixing his telescopes into the firmament and Leuwenhoek peering at the microscopic denizens in a drop of water; from the Phoenicians setting…
Those Pesky Corporatists
We’ve just filed our comments on the Administration’s efforts to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act (ESA or “The Act” hereinafter). For me this was a challenge because most of my comments on proposed actions are reviews and critiques of Draft…
A (not so sad) report from Washington DC
OCR Communications Director Daniela Huson and I have just returned from a week in Washington DC – to participate in Capitol Hill Ocean Week, and March for the Ocean. But probably more importantly, we went to “a special place in…
Seismic surveys lurking and looming over the Mid-Atlantic
While the plan to set the seismic survey industry loose on the Mid Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has only seemed like a three-alarm fire for just the last few years, this plan was first hatched over ten years ago…
Celebrating a Ten Year Milestone!
I am both honored and humbled that our work has been supported by friends, community, and private foundations for TEN years! In 2007, after 15 years of pro-bono work as “science advisor” for various Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (eNGOs) and “writer…
World Ocean(s) Day – honoring the sea
Our planet has orbited the sun once more to place us all in position for World Ocean Day! Originally proposed by Canada in 1992 at the UN Summit in Rio de Janeiro. While Ocean Day has been celebrated in…
The Spirits of Earth Day
Just once a year, for the last 47 years, we as a nation have taken a day to pause and reflect on how much we love this planet. For those who were not around and up on your hind legs…