We are gathering participants for our annual trip to the whale lagoons of Baja California! If you are not familiar with this wonderful phenomenon, it is an opportunity to “get up close and personal” with these iconic, majestic, and playful…
Category: OCR News
OCR on the Radio
We have a couple of radio dates in the next few days. First on Sunday September 13 at 11 pm I will be on late night Pacifica I will be in the studio with Jane Heaven. I have known Jane for…
Great news for the Ocean!
Two bits of great news; one a consequence of focused actions, and the other an opportunity to focus ocean policies. September 1 was traditionally the opening of “dolphin season” for the drive fishery of Taiji, Japan. For years…
Caroline Casey and the purification of water.
This is a bit of a last minute notice, but “Visionary Activist and Compassionate Trickster” Caroline Casey will be giving a Solstice presentation in Berkeley this evening with a theme of purification of the waters. She has graciously invited me…
Canada DFO intro
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is sponsoring a national workshop on the mitigation practices for seismic airgun exploration. This event will be attended by a whole array of marine scientists, oil and gas industry engineers, and a…
Earth Hour 28 March 2009
While this is not directly related to ocean noise pollution, climate change is the large rubric under which all other planetary issues dwell. There are still those who fear that taking the necessary deep actions on climate solutions will somehow…
March 2009 DC visit recap
I have just returned from my Washington DC visit. The trip was both productive and enjoyable. The ‘anti-environmental’ air of our last administration is palpably clearing, and while there remains some die-hard obstructionists in Congress, there is a profound sea…
March 2009 DC visit and Strandings
I am currently on route to Washington DC to attend the “Blue Vision Ocean Summit” coordinated by David Helvarg’s Blue Frontiers. This should be a good dose of “Old Home Week” with up to 500 Ocean Activists and colleagues all…
Dec. 2008 holiday gifts
This last week has ushered forth two great developments for the ocean. The first is actually a retraction of a Bush-driven policy that would have seriously compromised the National Environmental Policy Act by allowing NOAA to bypass external review when…
More on ESA threat
I am including a bit more on the current end-run on the Endangered Species Act (ESA). I mentioned this issue in last week’s e-mail, which was generated in response to the proposed changes to the Act in the Federal Register. The easiest…